Constructing mothering performances: The motherhood ideal in Caldecott and Newbery winners, 1980–2014

This project examines representations of motherhood in Caldecott and Newbery winners from 1980–2014 and is informed by feminist literary theory, juvenile literary theory, and motherhood studies. While motherhood studies are evolving to consider egalitarian ideas of motherhood and multiple definition...

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Main Author:	McCullough Brewer, Dana
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01-01-2015
Subjects:	Acculturation Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) American literature Childrens literature Feminism Literary theory Literature Naturalness Parents & parenting Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012) Sendak, Maurice Stereotypes Womens studies
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