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...

Objective: identify forces involved in the process of mothering COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Qualitative research, which more than children born during pandemic were interviewed. The deposits are subject to Content Analysis, light field force theory. study was approved by Research Ethics Committee. Results: mapping allowed proposition following categories: "Mothering a scenario many places and f...

...................................................................................06 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................07 CHAPTER 1: OJIBWE BIRTHING AND MOTHERHOOD IN LOUISE ERDRICH’S THE PAINTED DRUM .......................................................24 CHAPTER 2: CHEROKEE BIRTHING AND MOTHERHOOD IN BETTY LOUISE BELL’S FACES IN THE M...