Mothering Sons: Stories by Findley, Hodgins and MacLeod Uncover the Mother's Double Voice

Authors

  • Laurie Kruk Nipissing University

Keywords:

Literary forms - Biography, Motherhood in literature, Alistair MacLeod,

Abstract

Maternal feminist criticism argues that we are culturally constructed, but also recognizes the embodied experiences of mothers. This maternal "double voice" shifts between subject/object, passive/active and resistant/conforming positions. "Mothering sons" reciprocate the maternal practice of preservation by supporting this "double voice."

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Author Biography

Laurie Kruk, Nipissing University

Luarie, Kruk, Nipissing University, is a published poet (Theories of the World 1992; Loving the Alien 2006) and the author of The Voice is the Story: Conversations with Canadian Writers of Short Fiction (2003).

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Published

2007-10-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2007): Volume 32, Number 1 (2007)

Section

Original Research

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