Motherhood and Transnational Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century
Due Date: 05-01-2026
This volume proposes the concept of the “global maternal body” as a central axis for analyzing motherhood in the twenty-first century. Grounded in matricentric feminism, it is a theoretical approach that positions mothers as subjects of knowledge and political analysis, challenging their historical marginalization in feminist theory. The volume understands motherhood not as a universal category, but as an embodied, relational, and socially situated practice shaped by structures of power, and examines how religious, cultural, social, economic, and political discourses frame motherhood. The volume will also explore the ways in which different institutions have regulated maternal bodies, child rearing, sexuality, and reproductive decisions, paying particular attention to dissidence and subalternity as lived processes that can reconfigure maternal identity.
The volume invites interdisciplinary contributions that critically examine motherhood as an embodied, relational, and socially situated practice, shaped by intersectional structures of power in diverse global contexts. Proposals must include a 100–200-word biobibliographical note indicating the author’s institutional affiliation and research interests.
Length: 5,000–7,000 words (MLA Handbook, 9th ed. style).
Proposal language: Spanish.
Abstract deadline: 1 May 2026
Full chapters due: 15 January 2027
Contact: Marta Boris, martab@uidaho.edu.
Please visit https://github.com/Martofila1001/Call-for-Papers-Motherhood-and-the-Global-Maternal-Body- to view the full CFP.