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Publication Date: 2024
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Becoming against the Construct of Normative Motherhood
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v37 n9 p2560-2566 2024
In this article, I reflect on how my positioning along axes of disability, race, and class shapes my interaction with dominant discourses of motherhood and on how these tensions are explored in "The Mother," a public installation of my artwork shown in 2023. Situating myself in the liminal space between participation in and resistance to normative motherhood ideology, I invite other disabled mothers--especially other cisgendered, heterosexual white women--to consider how they practice disabled mothering in the context of racial capitalism. Through both the installation and these reflections, I assert that visible disabled mothering can be a powerful act of community care and crip resistance.
Descriptors: Mothers, Disabilities, Race, Social Class, Intersectionality, Art Products, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Social Systems, Art
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Language: English
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