CALLS FOR PAPERS
FOR DEMETER PRESS
PUBLICATIONS
Black Motherhoods
Deadline: Sept 1, 2010
Laboring On: Testimony, Theory & Transgressions of Black Mothering in Academia
Deadline: Nov 1, 2010
FORTHCOMING TITLES

The M Word:
Real Mothers in Contemporary Art
Edited by Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein
Fall 2010

You Say You Want a Revolution: The 21st Century Motherhood Movement
Edited by Andrea O’Reilly
Spring 2011

Adoption and Mothering
Edited by Frances Latchford
Spring 2011

Latina/Chicana Mothering
Edited by Dorsia Smith Silva and Janine Santiago
Fall 2011

Maternal Pedagogies: In and Outside of the Classroom
Fall 2011

Moms Gone Mad: Motherhood and Madness: Oppression and Resistance
Fall 2011

Mothers Online: How Online Communities Shape Modern Motherhood
Fall 2011

South Asian Mothering Fall 2011

Living Feminism Through Mothering
by Fiona J. Green
Spring 2012

Being a Mother Academic: Theory and Narrative edited by Andrea O’Reilly and Lynn O’Brien Hallstein
Spring 2012

Of Diapers and Empowerment: Mothering at the Driver Seat
by Erika Horwitz
Spring 2012

Mothering: Anthropological Perspectives
Spring 2012

Mothering and Hip Hop Culture
Edited By Maki Motapanyane and Shana Calixte
Fall 2012

Black Motherhoods
Fall 2012

Polluting Mama: Ecofeminism. Film and Literature
Fall 2012
Demeter Press is the first book publisher focused specifically on the topic of mothering / motherhood and is a peer-reviewed scholarly press. The press is named in honour of the Goddess Demeter, herstory’s most celebrated empowered and outraged mother.
Online purchase of Demeter Press titles is now available. Please see books below.
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All current and past Demeter Press titles are also available through Amazon.com.
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August 2010 Edited by Rhonda Shaw and Alison Bartlett Click here to view the flyer and reviews. 20% Off All Orders |
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Fall 2009 Edited by Andrea O'Reilly |
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February 2009 Eds. Jessica Nathanson and Laura Camille Tuley |
September 2008 Edited by Amber E. Kinser |
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October 2007 White Ink: Edited by Rishma Dunlop Click here for a recent review by Jill Scott, Queen’s University. Click here to read a Prairie Fire Review of White Ink. |
May 2006 Rocking the Cradle: |
October 2006 Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Opression, Resistance and Rebirth |
May 2007 Maternal Theory: Edited by Andrea O'Reilly |
2004 Mother Matters: Edited by |
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The Myth of Demeter and Persephone
Demeter was the Greek goddess of agriculture and fertility who unleashed her power when her beloved daughter Persephone was abducted and taken to the underworld by the god Hades. Overcome with rage and grief, Demeter withheld the coming of Spring leaving the chief god Zeus, who was now faced with the plight of the earth’s barrenness, with no choice but to demand that Hades return Persephone to her mother. In her classic book Of Woman Born, Adrienne Rich interprets the Demeter/Persephone story as a compelling representation of every daughter’s “longing for a mother whose love for her and whose power were so great as to undo rape and bring her back from death,” signifying “every mother’s longing for the power of Demeter and the efficacy of her anger.” In patriarchal culture, where there are so few examples of empowered mothering, in both life and literature, Demeter’s triumphant resistance serves as model for the possibility—and power—of feminist mothering.
Click here to read more about Demeter Press (PDF).
We are the first book publisher focused specifically on the topic of motherhood/mothering and are a peer-reviewed scholarly press.. Demeter Press is currently accepting scholarly manuscripts for publication consideration for 2012/2013.
For more information, or to submit a manuscript, please contact:
Demeter Press
Email: info@demeterpress.org
