{"product_id":"mothering-rhetorics-1","title":"Mothering Rhetorics","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce only a topic among women in the private sphere, motherhood and mothering have become important intellectual topics across academic disciplines. Even so, no book has yet devoted a sustained look at how exploring mothering rhetorics – the \u003ci\u003erhetorics of reproduction\u003c\/i\u003e (rhetorics about the reproductive function of women\/mothers) and \u003ci\u003ereproducing rhetorics\u003c\/i\u003e (the rhetorical reproduction of ideological systems and logics of contemporary culture) expand our understanding of mothering, motherhood, communication, and gender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMothering Rhetorics begins to fill this gap for scholars and teachers interested in the study of mothering rhetorics in their historical and contemporary permutations. The contributions explore the racialized rhetorical contexts of maternity; how fixing food is thought to fix families, while also regulating maternal activities and identity; how Black female breastfeeding activists resisted the exploitation of African-American mothers in Detroit; how women in pink-collar occupations both adhere to and challenge maternity leave discourses by rhetorically positioning their leaves as time off and (dis)ability; identifying verbal and nonverbal shaming practices related to unwed motherhood during the mid-twentieth century; and redefining alternative postpartum placenta practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally published as a special issue of \u003ci\u003eWomen’s Studies in Communication.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256705962328,"sku":"9781138600454","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138600454_795ed19f-42cd-4d7d-8cf3-3420bf7977fd.jpg?v=1769250616","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mothering-rhetorics-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}