MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING IN WHITE AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE
MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING IN WHITE AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: Each and every human being on the planet, no matter gender/sex, race, class, personality, has been born and, then mothered, by a woman. The valences of motherhood and the various ways of mothering have been changing, both synchronically and diachronically, but the image of the `good mother` has transcended time, even if in different shapes and with novel significations and expectations. However, the burden of the cultural stereotypes superimposed by the institutionalized form of motherhood should and could be overcome with the help of history itself or by becoming aware of her story. Thus, mothers may identify with their foremothers and connect with their daughters as potential mothers and therefore embrace the diversity of mothering.

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