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Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic

Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic

Colbert Cairns, Emily
Romero-Diaz, Nieves

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Series: Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World

Literary CriticismGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1041178484
ISBN13: 9781041178484
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 314
Language: English

Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic is the first volume to emphasize women's personal experiences and their life trajectories as mothers within the Peninsula and across the Atlantic. Although an official discourse that defined the conditions of motherhood emerged in the eighteenth century, before this period there were many different articulations of motherhood through which women negotiated hierarchical relationships, power struggles and alliances. While the individual experiences were unique and depended upon the positionality of race and class, the complexities of being a mother were universal. The wide variety of written and visual documents included in this volume highlight women's voices in the first person along with more subtle references to motherhood as well as silences. This collection broadens our understanding of the complexities of motherhood, addressing the pressures of becoming a mother, miscarriage, the acts of giving birth and lactation and the ordeals of raising children.

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