Price: $39.95
Page Count: 260
Publication Date: August 2026
ISBN: 978-1-77258-597-1
In its exploration of motherhood and celebrity, Celebrity Mothers is a groundbreaking study on the maternal within popular culture. The journal examines the way motherhood is portrayed, questioned and unpicked in the public eye, and unpacks the discourse around mothering from a place of fame where mothers are often either vilified or venerated. With its in depth analysis of the depiction of mothers from reality television stars to infamous socialites, Celebrity Mothers is an excellent entry point for readers, academics and sociologists interested in motherhood, celebrity and the intersection between the two.
- Mari Dunning, author of Pearl and Bone and Witsh
"This book emphasizes that neither mothers nor celebrities should be excluded from critical inquiry. As a result, this collection presents an important site of feminist and sociological inquiry.”
- May Friedman, Professor, Metropolitan University
Introduction
Celebrity Mothers
Andrea DeKeseredy and Guinevere Clark
1.
Branding Kristen Bell: Navigating Practices of Sharenting and Influencing in the Construction of a Maternal Celebrity Brand
Aidan Moir
2.
"Mommy Burnout": The Representation of Postpartum and Early Child-rearing Stages through the Case study of Sara Sálamo
Laia Puig Fontrodona
3.
“I Feel Like We’re Playing House”: Vanderpump Rules and Motherhood in the Online Simulacrum
Laura Snelgrove
4.
‘Jacindababymania’: News Media Narratives of Jacinda Ardern as a Celebrity ‘Working’ Mother in Aotearoa New Zealand
Charlotte Kells Robertson
5.
America’s Neoliberal Sweetheart: Jenny McCarthy and the Rise of Vaccine Hesitant Mothers
Andrea DeKeseredy
6.
Rewriting Christine Keeler: Ekphrastic Poetry, the Mother and Celebrity
Guinevere Clark
7.
Lessons on Motherhood in Greta Gerwig's Barbie
Perry Wyatt
8.
Matricide in the Carrie Films: The Finale’s Representations of Margaret White
Emily Birtwistle
Andrea DeKeseredy is a PhD student and Vanier Scholar in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta. Her work explores gender, work and family. She has published her research in the Canadian Review of Sociology, Journal of Child and Family Studies and multiple Demeter Press publications.
Dr Guinevere Clark is a poet, academic, and creative producer. Winner of the 2024 Hammond House Literary Prize, she holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Swansea University, and is developing her second poetry collection with Black Bough Poetry. Her practice-based methodology, The Egg in the Triangle, explores literature on motherhood, sexuality, and place through a matricentric lens. She is a Co-Editor with Demeter Press and her poetry and academic work is published internationally. www.poetryintolight.org
