Demeter Press Archives | Research & Innovation /research/tag/demeter-press/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:56:40 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Journal takes on the economics of mothering /research/2012/07/24/journal-takes-on-the-economics-of-mothering-2/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:00:00 +0000 /researchdev/2012/07/24/journal-takes-on-the-economics-of-mothering-2/ The spring/summer 2012 issue of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (JMI) – Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering – looks at everything from the discursive foundations of family allowance and universal child care to the value of human milk exchange. JMI is a peer-reviewed, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded […]

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The spring/summer 2012 issue of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (JMI) – Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering – looks at everything from the discursive foundations of family allowance and universal child care to the value of human milk exchange.

JMI is a peer-reviewed, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded journal that is published bi-annually by the . It’s directed by its founder, 91ɫ women’s studies Professor Andrea O’Reilly, and is partnered with Demeter Press.

This issue includes 14 articles, seven book reviews and a poetry folio, featuring the work of Laurie Kruk.

The articles in the journal include: ‘Commodifying the Fetus’, ‘The Economics and Politics of Delayed Birth Timing’, ‘Mothers, Milk and Money: Maternal Corporeal Generosity, Social Psychological Trust, and Value in Human Milk Exchange’ and ‘From “Need” to “Risk”: The Neoliberal Construction of the “Bad” Mother’.

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Republished courtesy of YFile– 91ɫ’s daily e-bulletin.

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