Give and Take:
eBook - ePub

Give and Take:

Motherhood and Creative Practice

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Give and Take:

Motherhood and Creative Practice

About this book

Give and Take: Motherhood and Creative Practice explores the diverse ways contemporary artists navigate the unique tensions of motherhood in all its varied stages. Becoming a mother is a life-changing event that can give mothers greater perspective, drive, and inspiration for making art. But motherhood also takes time and energy from pursuing creative work. This fundamental challenge, this give and take, is explored through this book as it forefronts the art and lives of dancers, playwrights, musicians, visual artists, and creative writers. The book contains thirty-three first person narratives from practicing artists along with written analyses that place these artists' essays within the broader context of arts writing and scholarship about motherhood. The concluding section of the book includes overarching thoughts about how artist mothers can move forward despite structural inequality and cultural bias and includes a resource guide for practical support.

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Yes, you can access Give and Take: by Katie Palfreyman,Tara Carpenter Estrada,Hilary Wolfley in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Feminism & Feminist Theory. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Demeter Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781772584967
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Feminism & Feminist Theory
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Section 1 Motherhood and Creativity
  9. Introduction Motherhood and Creativity
  10. 1. Navigating Matrescence
  11. 2. The Creative Mother Paradox
  12. 3. A Light through the Lens of Motherhood
  13. 4. Ambivalent Art: Death and Rebirth of the Creative Self through Matrescence
  14. Section 2 Identity Lost and Found
  15. Introduction Identity Lost and Found
  16. 5. Shifting Expectations of a Future Artist Mother
  17. 6. Reemerging
  18. 7. Medals That You Would Not Want to Earn
  19. 8. Postpartum Depression and Art: Becoming an Artist-Mother
  20. 9. Why I Don’t Write
  21. Section 3 Children as Muses and Collaborators
  22. Introduction Children as Muses and Collaborators
  23. 10. Mothering as an Act of Artistic Creation
  24. 11. Dancing Motherhood
  25. 12. Wanderings
  26. 13. Full Disclosure
  27. Section 4 Motherhood and the Experience of Time
  28. Introduction Motherhood and the Experience of Time
  29. 14. On Maternity Leave
  30. 15. Part Time
  31. 16. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mom
  32. 17. Final Edits
  33. Section 5 Working Mothers
  34. Introduction Working Mothers
  35. 18. Mother, Teacher, and Artist
  36. 19. My Working Mom
  37. 20. On Being (or Not Being) a Professional Artist
  38. Section 6 Generational Ties
  39. Introduction Generational Ties
  40. 21. Paper Tigers
  41. 22. Reflections on a Legacy for Future Generations: Riven’s Dream Lodge
  42. 23. Choreography, Demography, and Matriarchy
  43. 24. Luminous Butterfly Weed and Red Thread
  44. Section 7 The Importance of Community
  45. Introduction The Importance of Community
  46. 25. A Sisterhood of Communal Artmaking
  47. 26. When Mothers Paint
  48. 27. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mammal
  49. 28. The Domestic Academic Quilt: Collaborative Creation as Academic Research
  50. Section 8 Making Time and Space for Art
  51. Introduction Making Time and Space for Art
  52. 29. The Teeter-Totter Between Artist and Mother
  53. 30. Reassembling
  54. 31. Reality Check: The Quest for Balance in the Chaos of Parenting
  55. Section 9 Where Do We Go from Here?
  56. Introduction Where Do We Go from Here?
  57. 32. The Kind of Stories We Need Right Now
  58. 33. Where Do We Go from Here?
  59. 34. Resources for the Artist Mother
  60. Notes on Contributors
  61. Deepest appreciation to Demeter’s monthly Donors