Unmasking (New) Maternal Realities: Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum in Global Literature, Cinema, and Media

This book aims to shed light on artistic works centered on mothering and reproductive experiences, ones which defy outdated stereotypes, break taboos, overcome trauma, and empower women. The goal of this collection is to contribute to this field of studies and foster our understanding of what motherhood and mothering really look like in our society. Throughout this collaborative volume, the voices of established and emerging scholars merge to broaden the discourse on maternity by examining the complex and constantly evolving maternal experiences that are unique and yet transnational and universal in their essence.

Laura Lazzari is a Scientific Collaborator at the Sasso Corbaro Foundation for the Medical Humanities, Switzerland, and an Affiliate Faculty and Scholar at Georgetown University, USA. She specializes in Motherhood Studies, and the Medical Humanities and has published extensively on women’s writing in the Italian-speaking world.

Giulia Po DeLisle is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Italian Language and Culture at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA. Her fields of interest include Women’s Studies, Motherhood Studies, Contemporary Italian Literature, and Cinema. She has worked extensively on Clara Sereni and published on questions related to reproductive justice in Italy.