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This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer-parenting, embodied dramaturgy, cultural practice, and immigration.
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AcknowledgementsContributors BioINTRODUCTION: Mothers on Stage, in the House, and Behind the Scenes
Lynn Deboeck and Aoise Stratford
PART ONE: RESCRIPTING REPRODUCTION AND THE PREGNANT BODY
Introduction / Mother's To Do List
(1) We Are BRAVE: Performed Motherhood as Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activism
Roberta Hunte
(2) Queer Mothering: You Don't Have To Emerge From Nothing
Michelle Hayford
(3) Embodied Dramaturgy of Pregnancy and Motherhood in
Grounded and
GloriaSarah Johnson
(4) "You just know": Fertility-as-Currency in
Expecting IsabelLynn Deboeck
(5) Representations of (Non) Choice: Birthmother Narratives from Marginalized Mothers in Contemporary Theatre
Tamar Neumann
PART TWO: MATERNAL/THEATRICAL LEGACIES
Introduction / Mother's To Do List
(6) Persistent Anxiety and Absent Mothers in Lucas Hnath's
A Doll's House, Part 2Alison Walls
(7) "Unnatural" Mothers in Global Capitalism:
Snow in Midsummer by Frances Ya-chu Cowig
Daphne P. Lei
(8) Abortion and the Monstrous Maternal in Suzan-Lori Parks's Red Letter Plays
Aoise Stratford
(9) Scripting and Staging Immigrant Motherhood in Heather Raffo's
NouraSuzi Elnaggar
(10) Mourning Mothers: Madness as Deviant Motherhood in
Next to NormalLindsey Barr
PART THREE: MOTHERHOOD / NATIONHOOD
Introduction / Mother's To Do List
(11)
Negotiating Mothers: Exploring the Maternal Landscape in Danai Gurira's
EclipsedL. Bailey McDaniel
(12) "Mothers are the trickiest thing" Staging Undocumented Motherhood in
Miss You Like HellDiana Benea
(13) Laboring for Their Country: Mother-Soldiers in
Grounded and
Welcome Home Jenny SutterJacqueline Viskup
(14) Motherhood/Motherland: Performing Maternity and the Creation of a Citizen
Melissa Flower
(15) The Ties that Bind: Motherhood, Veiling, and Diasporic Subjectivity in Rohina Malik's
UnveiledMegan Stahl
PART FOUR: MOTHERHOOD AS THEATRICAL LABOR
Introduction / Mother's To Do List
(16) Radical Inclusivity: Rachel Hewitt and The Parent Artist Advocacy League
Daniella Vinitski Mooney
(17) Performing Performance Moms
Teresa Simone
(18) ASTR Field Conversation: Black Motherhood
Mysia Anderson, Maisha Akbar, Shondrika Moss-Bouldin, Nicole Hodges Persley
(19)
No Further: Staging Motherwork and Maternal Relationships
Kristyl Tift
(20) A manifesto for care in the rehearsal room and the birthing room
Shawna Mefferd Kelty
(21) Jewish Mothers
Christina Hurtado-Pearson and Jessie Mills
CONCLUSION
Aoise Stratford and Lynn Deboeck
APPENDIX - Play List for Further Reading
Index
About the author
Aoise Stratford is a Playwright, Dramaturg, and Lecturer at Cornell University in the Department of Performing and Media Arts.
Lynn Deboeck is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre and Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Utah.
Summary
This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health, queer-parenting, embodied dramaturgy, cultural practice, and immigration.
