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Revolutionary Mothering

Love on the Front Lines
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Revolutionary Mothering is a compelling anthology that explores the diverse and radical practices of mothering by individuals and communities striving for social justice. Centred around the experiences of mothers of colour, queer mothers, and other marginalised caregivers, the book highlights the transformative power of nurturing and the profound impact it can have on both personal and societal levels. Through authentic voices, it challenges traditional notions of motherhood and celebrates its revolutionary potential to instigate change.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring the transformative power of motherhood through a socially conscious and feminist lens. It delves into the nuanced experiences of mothering across different cultures and communities, celebrating the resilience and creativity of mothers who inspire change.

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Inspired by the legacy of radical and queer black feminists of the 1970s and '80s, Revolutionary Mothering is an anthology that centres mothers of colour and other marginalised mothers' voices. Marginalised and oppressed mothers are at the centre of a world of necessary transformation.

The challenges we face as movements working for racial, economic, reproductive, gender and food justice, as well as anti-violence, anti-imperialist and queer liberation, are the same challenges that marginalised mothers face every day.

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Revolutionary Mothering is praised for its fresh ideas and focus on anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and anti-sexist theory-building grounded in the experiences of women of colour. Reviewers highlight its exploration of mothering amid historical oppressions like enslavement and colonialism, describing the book as brave, vulnerable, and radically visionary. The anthology is appreciated for addressing universal themes of family, love, and sacrifice while acknowledging the revolutionary spirit within all. It is seen as a powerful narrative that links mothering to broader contexts of history, community, and love.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781629631103

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 April 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Contributors:

  • Edited by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
  • Edited by China Martens
  • Edited by Mai'a Williams

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 314g

Pages: 254

About the Author

Alexis Pauline Gumbs was named one of UTNE Reader's 50 Visionaries Transforming the World in 2009, a Reproductive Reality Check Shero, a Black Woman Rising nominee in 2010, and was awarded one of the first-ever Too Sexy for 501c3 trophies in 2011. She is a cocreator of the MobileHomecoming experiential archive and documentary project, which has been featured in Curve Magazine, the Huffington Post, in Durham Magazine, and on NPR. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. China Martens is the author of The Future Generation: The Zine-book for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends and Others, and coeditor of Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities. She was a cofounder of Kidz City, a radical child care collective in Baltimore (2009-2013). She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Mai'a Williams is the creator and director of Water Studio which supports and cocreates with underground community artists and revolutionaries in Cairo, Egypt. Her essays, short stories, and poetry have appeared in publications such as make/shift, Mamaphiles, Popshot, and Woman's Work. She is the instigator of the Outlaw Midwives movement, zines, and blog, and is the author of the anthology Revolutionary Motherhood, which became the inspiration for Revolutionary Mothering.

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