Mobilizing Motherhood: The Use of Maternal Myths in Popular Development Discourse

In this paper, I examine how maternal myths are deployed in popular development literature. Using critical discourse analysis and working within a feminist postcolonial framework I analyse five texts produced by development organizations for popular consumption. I identify how maternal myths are con...

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Main Author: Jacqueline Marie Potvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Justice Network 2015-07-01
Series:Global justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric
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Online Access:https://www.theglobaljusticenetwork.org/index.php/gjn/article/view/57