Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy

Christine A Nelson author Heather J Shotton editor Christine A Nelson editor Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Minthorn editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Published:19th Aug '22

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Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy highlights the experiences and narratives emerging from Indigenous mothers in the academy who are negotiating their roles in multiple contexts. The essays in this volume contribute to the broader higher education literature and the literature on Indigenous representation in the academy, filling a longtime gap that has excluded Indigenous women scholar voices. This book covers diverse topics such as the journey to motherhood, lessons through motherhood, acknowledging ancestors and grandparents in one’s mothering, how historical trauma and violence plague the past, and balancing mothering through the healing process. More specific to Indigenous motherhood in the academy is how culture and place impacts mothering (specifically, if Indigenous mothers are not in their traditional homelands as they raise their children), how academia impacts mothering, how mothering impacts scholarship, and how to negotiate loss and other complexities between motherhood and one’s role in the academy.

“This book on Indigenous Motherhood eloquently weaves together the beauty, strength, and resilience of those who transform academic spaces for the benefit of Indigenous students, families, and communities. This is the book I yearned for as a graduate student and Indigenous mother-scholar.” - Jennifer Brant (University of Toronto, co-editor of 'Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing and Murder) "Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy is a brilliantly felt and witnessed act of collective Indigenous scholarship from a fiercely honest new generation of teachers and intellectual leaders who affirm their whole selves as the heart of nurturing present and future Indigenous generations." - Dian Million, (Tanana) (author of Therapeutic Nations: Healing in an Age of Indigenous Human Rights)
"A much need contribution to Indigenous scholarship, Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy weaves together rich, powerful stories of Indigenous women who have navigated through the colonized, patriarchal spaces of academia while centering their Indigenous motherhood at the core of their journeys. A very inspirational and critical read for those seeking to understand the experiences of Indigenous women in academia."
  - Susana Geliga (PhD, Lakota/Taino, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Naive American Studies Program, Un)

ISBN: 9781978816374

Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 18mm

Weight: 399g

290 pages