Editorial: M(O)ther Trouble: Motherhood, Psychoanalysis, Feminism

GENDER TROUBLE GENDER TROUBLE Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Gender Trouble was originally published in the Routledge book series Thinking Gender, edited by Linda J. Nicholson. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permi...

"The Good Mother": Mothering, Feminism, and Incarceration

As the rates of incarceration continue to rise, women are increasingly subject to draconian criminal justice and child welfare policies that frequently result in the loss of their parental rights. The intersection of an increasingly carceral state and federally imposed timelines for achieving permanency for children in state care has had a negative effect on women, their children, and their com...

Becoming a mother of a child with cancer: building motherhood.

The present study, which was conducted using the Interpretive Interactionism method, had the objective of understanding the experience of becoming a mother of a child with cancer. Seven mothers, whose children were undergoing cancer treatment, took part in semi-structured interviews. The results showed that mothers' role are built in a process that implies the interaction between two themes: LI...

The Modern Mother. A Guide to Girlhood, Motherhood and Infancy

The Historiography of Queen Victoria: On the Threshold of Private Psychoanalysis and Public Feminism

Queen Victoria was one of the longest rulers in history, and one of the few British women to carry a nation from near revolution to empire in the course of her lifetime. With such an impressive longevity, the Queen saw many events pass by, and experienced many important landmarks in her own life as well. Living through so much rich history, she was one of the most documented monarchs. In this p...