The spring/summer 2012 issue of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative (JMI) 鈥 Mothers and the Economy: The Economics of Mothering 鈥 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鈥檚 directed by its founder, 91亚色 women鈥檚 studies Professor Andrea O鈥橰eilly, 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: 鈥楥ommodifying the Fetus鈥, 鈥楾he Economics and Politics of Delayed Birth Timing鈥, 鈥楳others, Milk and Money: Maternal Corporeal Generosity, Social Psychological Trust, and Value in Human Milk Exchange鈥 and 鈥楩rom 鈥淣eed鈥 to 鈥淩isk鈥: The Neoliberal Construction of the 鈥淏ad鈥 Mother鈥.
For more information, visit the聽 website.
Republished courtesy of YFile鈥 91亚色鈥檚 daily e-bulletin.