South Asian Mothering

CALL FOR CHAPTERS FOR EDITED VOLUME
South Asian Mothering

Publication Date: Fall 2011

Deadline for Abstracts: November 1, 2009

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection by Jasjit Kaur Sangha to be published in 2011.

South Asian culture reveres mothers for being selfless, nurturing, and devoted to their family. This reverence predicates that women will find fulfillment in mothering, and that mothering will occur in the context of a heterosexual family. This edited collection seeks to unravel the complexity of South Asian mothering by asking: What does it mean to be a South Asian mother? How do embedded cultural values influence South Asian mothering practices? How does non-conformity to South Asian norms and customs affect South Asian mothers? How are South Asian mothers affected by the process of migration? What are the barriers and difficulties experienced by South Asian mothers? What is beneficial about being a South Asian mother?
The aim of this collection is to initiate dialogue on the paradoxical experience of South Asian mothering. Theoretical, narrative and arts-informed creative submissions are welcome.
Topics can include (but are not limited to) South Asian mothering and:
•           Religion and Spirituality
•           Migration
•           Activism & Resistance
•           Sexuality
•           Queer mothering
•           Feminism
•           Oppression - based on race, class, caste, disability etc.
•           Interracial / Intercultural relationships
•           Language
•           Extended families
•           Arranged marriage
•           Cultural traditions
•           Single mothering
•           Violence
•           Sharam (shame) & izzat (honour)

 Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts: 250 words in length.
Deadline for Abstracts: November 1, 2009
Academic Papers: 15-18 pages
Narratives: 8-12 pages
Creative submission: 5-8 pages
Deadline for Papers: March 7, 2010

Please submit proposals to: Jasjit Kaur Sangha jasjit.mothering@gmail.com