{"product_id":"mothering-community-and-friendship-paperback","title":"Mothering, Community, and Friendship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEssah Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDannabang Kuwabong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDorsía Smith Silva\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMothers, Community, and Friendship \u003c\/i\u003eis an anthology that explores the complexities of mothering\/motherhood, communities, and friendship from across interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives. The chapters in this text not only examine how communities and friendship shape and influence the various spectrums of motherhood, but also analyze how communities and friendship are necessary for mothers. Through personal, reflective, critical essays and ethnographies, this collection situates the ways mothers are connected to communities and how these relationships forms, such as in mothering groups and maternal friendships. By calling attention to these central and current topics, \u003ci\u003eMothers, Community, and Friendship\u003c\/i\u003e represents how communities and friendship become means of empowerment for mothers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssah Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral student in Caribbean literature in English at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. Her poems have appeared in several poetry journals, including \u003ci\u003eMoko Magazine, Eclectica Magazine, Tonguas, Odradek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey Online, Creative Contradictions\u003c\/i\u003e, etc. She has co-edited the collected essays from the March 2020 Caribbean Without Borders Conference held at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Presently she is working on her dissertation with a focus on the poetics of healing in Caribbean women's poetry.\u003cb\u003e Dannabang Kuwabong\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD is a professor of postcolonial Caribbean literature in English at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. He has published widely on different fields in academic journals, and contributed numerous essays in books and journals. His books include\u003ci\u003e Rhetoric of Resistance, Labor of Love: The Ecopoetics of Nationhood in the Poetry and Prose of Lasana M. Sekou, Voices from Kibuli Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Blues \u0026amp; Love's Genealogy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has co-authored books including \u003ci\u003eMyth Performance in African Diaspora Drama: Ritual, Theatre, and Dance, Mothers and Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e, etc. His critical essays on Caribbean and Caribbean-Canadian literature on mothering have been published in numerous academic journals and books: \u003ci\u003eConfluences I \u0026amp; II \u0026amp; III: Essays in the New Canadian Literature, Creative Contradictions, Positive Interferences, Caribbean Studies, Sargasso, Interviewing the Caribbean, The Mouth, Eleven Eleven, The Caribbean Writer, The Mouth, Interviewing the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, etc. \u003cb\u003eDorsía Smith Silva\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD is a professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Her poetry has been published in several journals, including \u003ci\u003ePortland Review, Storyscape, Pidgeonholes, Mom Egg Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMoko Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her articles have been widely published as well, including in the\u003ci\u003e Journal of Caribbean Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the editor of\u003ci\u003e Latina\/Chicana Mothering\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-editor of six books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727945044031,"sku":"9781772583748","price":58.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8127290d5dd232897cc820e22bd60316.webp?v=1765116674","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mothering-community-and-friendship-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}