Motherhood

Stephane Robolin’s essay, “Gendered Hauntings: The Joys of motherhood, Interpretive Acts, and Postcolonial Theory” are reverberated in The Joys of Motherhood not as omissions, in fact, but punctuation marks, nudging the reader to acknowledge the existence of woman not for pity of their suffering, but for validation of the foundation and raison d’etre they provide for capitalism. Through a close read of Buchi Emecheta’s novel, “The Joys of Motherhood” one can come to consider the style and…

about personal development, motherhood, and young love. Letty is a woman who became a mother as a teenager. She never told Wes, her love of adolescence. Letty’s parents, undocumented immigrants, raised her children while Letty combines three jobs to support her family. She loves her children, but she has been left out of raising them. When she was 33, her parents returned to Mexico, and for the first time in her life, Letty had to face the responsibilities of motherhood. She was a single mother,…

Idris Mamman (A0006724) ENG 101, Dr. Agatha Ukata FALL 2014. RESEARCH PAPER ON BUCHI EMETA’S THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD. The Joys of motherhood, a very heartwarming emotional book with numerous unforeseen twist and turns, the book starts when Nnu Ego, one of the main characters flees home deciding to take her life. The story then throws backs to when she was conceived and circumstances that had led to the situations so far, to the extent of her taking her life. How Nnu ego grew up as her…

Motherhood Motherhood is a special gift granted to woman which allows them to experience a creation of a new life. The idea of a living thing inside of a woman is something not every woman desires to experience which is why motherhood is not necessarily instinctual. Woman are by far more than just a baby maker and serve many other purposes. The desire to reproduce is completely up to the woman considering she is the one carrying the life. +Having read Betty Rollin’s “Motherhood: Who Needs It?”…

as well as barbequed on the Fourth of July. So needless to say I have never believed that mothers had a particular role in a family. Now that I am older it interest me to see what some of the traditional beliefs about motherhood were; as well as how the traditional roles of motherhood has changed throughout the years. Through media and other outlets both mothers and fathers have been given a specific role in the family. With popular shows from the 1950’s we see a family were the husband works…

Motherhood has been viewed as a glorified state throughout decades and mothers have been held to a high standard. Abby Arnold, the author of “The Rhetoric of Motherhood”, explains that these views have “became the justification for political and economic restrictions on women, the foundation for placing on the mother sole responsibility for how her children developed.” Through our language, lack of considering the fathers roles, corporate structure and stereotypes, we are still stuck with these…

constraints in a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, Chopin utilizes literary elements to track Edna’s progress while detailing the obstacles Edna faces as implemented by her community. By using contrasting nature imagery and the motif of motherhood within this novella, Kate Chopin reveals the ramifications of female independence in a patriarchal society. Throughout…

reproduction, women were pushed into traditionally Victorian roles of motherhood and passivity. Katrina Trask wrote in her 1895 article entitled “Motherhood and Citizenship: Woman’s Wisest Policy” that woman should bear children with “the mission of the perpetration of the race” and a woman engaging in sexual acts with any other intention “has failed in her obligation and privilege” (Gavin 124). Through the discourse surrounding motherhood, the female body became a tool of the empire and…

I personally, believe that permitting surrogate motherhood for pay in today’s world should not be allowed. I understand that an individual would want to have their own child. I think if I were in this position I would defiantly consider it. I do, however, personally believe that paying someone to be a surrogate mother is not right. There are many children in the world currently living without parents. The money that goes towards paying someone could easily go towards adopting a child that is…

Kempe as an unyielding and devote mystic, there is only brief discussion of her role as a mother. Despite giving birth to fourteen children throughout her life, her story occurs almost entirely outside of her family. Considering the role of medieval motherhood, her case would be rather uncommon. A near death experience with her first child, however, takes precedence in the early stages of the book. Due to this life threatening occurrence associated with the birth of her first child, Margery…