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A Semiotic Ontology of Motherhood
Intersectional Bodies as Spaces of Transformative Resistance
A Semiotic Ontology of Motherhood
Intersectional Bodies as Spaces of Transformative Resistance
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Description
This book uses C.S. Peirce's idea that memory constructs a semiotic picture of “the self” to suggest that motherhood can be conceived as an immigrant identity: both involve a culturally and internally disruptive transition. Aisha Raees provides an exegesis of Peirce's work and builds a picture of how perception and the active constitution of thought deliver a sense of identity dependent on memory as well as on the value and power of hope. The book also explores the role of trauma in the creation of self as process of memory. In developing an empowering conception of the ontological condition of motherhood, it draws out how self can negotiate duality within identity in circumstances where belonging is not tied to physical place and how it unfolds both in the new community and in the ones left behind.
Product details
| Published | Feb 19 2025 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781666901214 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | American Philosophy Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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