CALL FOR PAPERS
The editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 11.2 of the
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
to be published in Fall/Winter 2009.
Mothering and Poverty
The journal will explore the topic of Mothering and Poverty from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, social workers, anti-poverty activists and other professionals and community workers. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject.
Topics can include (but are not limited to):
mothering at the margins; beginning poor, becoming poor, staying poor, beyond poor; carework and caregiving in poverty; criminalized mothers; maternal health, illness and poverty; neo-liberalism, mothering and poverty; anti-poverty activism and motherhood; public policy and maternal/child poverty; pregnancy and poverty; pre-natal care and economic inequality; impoverished pregnancies; maternal/child poverty and challenges within Indigenous communities; poor mothers with disabilities; motherhood, addictions and mental health issues; postpartum depression and poverty; mothering children with disabilities in poverty; violence against mothers and children and welfare; motherhood and the politics of poverty; LBGT maternal and economic issues; mothering youth-at-risk; feminist mothering and poverty; mothering in developing communities; activist mothering and the war on poverty; “poor mothering” and mothering in poverty; mothering: class/race/gender issues; African-American multigenerational families in poverty; the politics of maternal employment and child care; lone-mothers and family/social policy; sole motherhood, work and welfare; private/public mothering and poverty; welfare fraud and the criminalization of maternal poverty; homelessness/housing and motherhood; mothers responses to poverty – powerlessness, resistance, creativity, victimization, activism; voices of impoverished mothers; means of surviving poverty; poverty and context: social/personal worlds of mothering; maternal reflections on poverty and young children; young mothers and/in poverty; student mothers and/in poverty; teen mothers and socio-economic issues; teenage mothers –poverty, social welfare policy and access to education; young motherhood, homelessness and relationships; child-welfare, substance (ab)use and pregnancy; “child” with child – discourses of teenage mothering; pregnant and parenting centres; migrant working mothers; transnational motherhood.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Articles should be 15-18 pages (3750 words) including references.
All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible.
Please see our style guide for complete details: http://www.yorku.ca/arm/styleguide.html
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 1, 2009
** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF ARM
http://www.yorku.ca/arm/armmembership.html
Please direct your submissions to: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Phone: 416-736-2100 X60366 Email: arm@yorku.ca or visit our website at http://www.yorku.ca/arm
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
to be published in Fall/Winter 2009.
Mothering and Poverty
The journal will explore the topic of Mothering and Poverty from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, social workers, anti-poverty activists and other professionals and community workers. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject.
Topics can include (but are not limited to):
mothering at the margins; beginning poor, becoming poor, staying poor, beyond poor; carework and caregiving in poverty; criminalized mothers; maternal health, illness and poverty; neo-liberalism, mothering and poverty; anti-poverty activism and motherhood; public policy and maternal/child poverty; pregnancy and poverty; pre-natal care and economic inequality; impoverished pregnancies; maternal/child poverty and challenges within Indigenous communities; poor mothers with disabilities; motherhood, addictions and mental health issues; postpartum depression and poverty; mothering children with disabilities in poverty; violence against mothers and children and welfare; motherhood and the politics of poverty; LBGT maternal and economic issues; mothering youth-at-risk; feminist mothering and poverty; mothering in developing communities; activist mothering and the war on poverty; “poor mothering” and mothering in poverty; mothering: class/race/gender issues; African-American multigenerational families in poverty; the politics of maternal employment and child care; lone-mothers and family/social policy; sole motherhood, work and welfare; private/public mothering and poverty; welfare fraud and the criminalization of maternal poverty; homelessness/housing and motherhood; mothers responses to poverty – powerlessness, resistance, creativity, victimization, activism; voices of impoverished mothers; means of surviving poverty; poverty and context: social/personal worlds of mothering; maternal reflections on poverty and young children; young mothers and/in poverty; student mothers and/in poverty; teen mothers and socio-economic issues; teenage mothers –poverty, social welfare policy and access to education; young motherhood, homelessness and relationships; child-welfare, substance (ab)use and pregnancy; “child” with child – discourses of teenage mothering; pregnant and parenting centres; migrant working mothers; transnational motherhood.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Articles should be 15-18 pages (3750 words) including references.
All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible.
Please see our style guide for complete details: http://www.yorku.ca/arm/styleguide.html
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 1, 2009
** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF ARM
http://www.yorku.ca/arm/armmembership.html
Please direct your submissions to: Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Phone: 416-736-2100 X60366 Email: arm@yorku.ca or visit our website at http://www.yorku.ca/arm
