In her 2010 book,
Motherhood & Feminism, by Seal Press, Amber Kinser unfolds an engaged history of women's advocacy efforts related to motherhood. Well-researched and written for students and non-academic audiences, Motherhood and Feminism offers a substantive account of feminist maternal thought and activism in the United States. ...Read more Acclaim for Motherhood & Feminism;“Read Amber’s book…and get with the modern women’s movement”
--Joy Rose "Kinser shatters the myths about feminism and child rearing” --Ariel Gore "Kinser writes lucidly about the struggle to empower mothers” --Heather Hewett “Kinser's book is well written… If I were to teach a class, I'd start by using this book” --Veronica Arreola "Kinser has delivered another great addition to the Seal Studies library, examining a history which many of us do not stop to consider as being important." —Jillian Schweitzer Read more from these reviewers... Current ProjectsMotherhood Performances
I am beginning work on a one woman show about mothering, maternal identity, and feminism. In 2011, I presented small scale performances at the National Women's Studies Association conference in Atlanta and the Organization for the Study of Communication Language and Gender conference in Evanston, IL. In 2012, I will do a keynote performance at the May conference for the Motherhood Initiative for Research & Community Involvement (MIRCI). I hope to continue building on these pieces for a future show. Performing Motherhood anthology I am co-editing, with Kryn Freehling-Burton and Terri Hawkes, an anthology on performing motherhood, to be published by Demeter Press. The call for submissions can be found here. Food, Families, and Feminism anthology I am conceptualizing an anthology on this topic and am interested in talking with potential contributors of research-based studies written in accessible, narrative form. Call for submissions to be posted soon. Mothers Surviving Cancer I am working collaboratively with a research team examining mothers' stories about living with cancer. I am involved in the following two projects: "Co[habiting] Morbidity: Navigating Family Roles and Family Matters in the Cancer Journey" by Duvall, K.L., Dorgan, K.A., Hutson, S.P., & Kinser A.E. To be submitted to Journal of Appalachian Studies “Barriers to Family Cancer Communication in Southern Appalachia" by Duvall, K.L., Dorgan, K.D., Kinser, A.E Forthcoming in Business Research Yearbook 2012. |
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