This article explores representations of mothering practices in Songs the Suitcase (1998) by second-generation Italian Australian writer Anna Maria Dell’oso. collection short stories devotes special attention to interlinks between and mediation among culturally diverse groups modern society. Theoretical frameworks provided scholars translation, interpreting child language brokering are used she...

This article explores Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “Windfalls” (2017) from a literary mobility studies perspective, applying notions of such as the driving-event, friction, arrhythmia, and stickiness for an in-depth textual analysis. Given that its female migrant protagonists are constantly on move, tropes recur throughout story. Cars, filling stations, parking lots, truckers, motels figure sojourner ...

"Is Your Baby Getting Enough Music?"Musical Interventions into Gestational Labor Eric Drott (bio) and Marie Thompson Introduction In a 2019 video titled Music?" for the children's charity UNICEF, Dr. Ibrahim Baltagi offers "mini parenting masterclass" on how "music affects your baby's brain." Over course of five-minute video, Baltagi, lecturer in music at Lebanese International University, deta...