The Migrant Maternal

Intro -- Copyright -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. MOTHERING IN A FOREIGN LAND I -- 1. Reproducing Punjabiyat -- 2. From Mama Africa to Papatūānuku:1 -- 3. Mother Tongue as the Language of Mothering and Homing Practice in Betty Quan's M...
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Intro -- Copyright -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. MOTHERING IN A FOREIGN LAND I -- 1. Reproducing Punjabiyat -- 2. From Mama Africa to Papatūānuku:1 -- 3. Mother Tongue as the Language of Mothering and Homing Practice in Betty Quan's Mother Tongue and Hiromi Goto's Chorus of Mushrooms -- 4. Perinatal Care for Immigrants in the Netherlands -- 5. Motherhood and Unemployment -- 6. Mothering at the Margins of Health -- 7. Changing Places, Changing Bodies -- I. MOTHERING IN A FOREIGN LAND II -- 8. An Immigrant Mother's "Revolt against Silence" in Edwidge Danticat's Brother, I'm Dying -- 9. Isolation and Negotiation -- 10. Foreign Mothers, Native Children -- 11. Mothering Duties Come First -- 12. The Extraordinariness of Ordinary Immigrant Mothers in Jhumpa Lahiri's Writings -- 13. Attaining a Balance between Showing Sensitivity to Local Norms and Upholding the Values of the Country of Origin -- 14. Intercultural Upbringing -- Conclusion -- About the Contributors. Ausführliche Beschreibung