pioneer of modern motherhood studies, Andrea O'Reilly explores motherhood's current representation and practice, considering developments that were unimaginable decades ago: the Internet, interracial surrogacy, raising transchildren, male mothering, intensive mothering, queer parenting, the applications of new biotechnologies, and mothering in the post-9/11 era. Her work pulls together a range of disciplines and themes in motherhood studies. She confronts the effects of globalization, HIV/AIDS, welfare reform, politicians as mothers, third wave feminism, and the evolving motherhood movement, and she incorporates Chicana, African-American, Canadian, Muslim, queer, low-income, trans, and lesbian perspectives.

Chicana mothering in the twenty-first century: challenging stereotypes and transmitting culture / --Muslim motherhood: traditions in changing contexts / -- Mothering in fear: how living in an insecure-feeling world affects parenting / -- Mother-talk: conversations with mothers of female-to-male transgender children / -- Queer parenting in the new millennium: resisting normal / -- Contemporary mothering practices in the context of HIV and AIDS: a South African case / -- Ambivalence of the motherhood experience / -- Supermothers on film; or, maternal melodrama in the twenty-first century / -- Juno or just another girl? Young breeders and a new century of radical politics of motherhood / -- Taking off the maternal lens: engaging with Sara Ruddick on men and mothering / -- Reproducing possibilities: androgenesis and mothering human identity / -- Mothers of the global welfare state: how neoliberal globalization affects working mothers in Sweden and Canada / -- The erosion of college access for low-income mothers / -- Academic life balance for mothers: pipeline or pipe dream? / -- Exclusive breastfeeding and work policies in Eldoret, Kenya / -- Brown bodies, white eggs: the politics of cross-racial gestational surrogacy / -- What will become of us? New biotechnologies and the need for maternal leadership / -- From "choice" to change: rewriting the script of motherhood as maternal activism / -- The mothers' movement: the challenges of coalition building in the twenty-first century / -- Political labeling of mothers: an obstacle to equality in politics / -- Racially conscious mothering in the "colorblind" century: implications for African American motherwork / -- It takes a (virtual) village: mothering on the internet / -- Outlaw(ing) motherhood: a theory and politic of maternal empowerment for the twenty-first century / Andrea O'Reilly. Part I: Experience -- Chicana Mothering in the Twenty-first Century: Challenging Stereotypes and Transmitting Culture/Jessica M. Vasquez -- Muslim Motherhood: Traditions in Changing Contexts/Gail Murphy-Geiss -- Mothering in Fear: How Living in an Insecure-Feeling World Affects Parenting/Ana Villalobos -- Mother-Talk: Conversations with Mothers of Female-to-Male Transgender Children/Sarah F. Pearlman -- Queer Parenting in the New Millennium: Resisting Normal/Rachel Epstein -- Contemporary Mothering Practices in the Context of HIV and AIDS: A South African Case/Thenjiwe Magwaza -- Part II: Identity -- Ambivalence of the Motherhood Experience/Ivana Brown -- Supermothers on Film; or, Maternal Melodrama in the Twenty-first Century/Adrienne McCormick -- Juno or Just Another Girl? Young Breeders and a New Century of Racial Politics of Motherhood/Mary Thompson -- Taking Off the Maternal Lens: Engaging with Sara Ruddick on Men and Mothering/Andrea Doucet -- Reproducing Possibilities: Androgenesis and Mothering Human Identity/Deirdre M. Condit -- Part III: Policy -- Mothers of the Global Welfare State: How Neoliberal Globalization Affects Working Mothers in Sweden and Canada/Honor Brabazon -- The Erosion of College Access for Low-Income Mothers/A. Fiona Pearson -- Academic Life Balance for Mothers: Pipeline or Pipe Dream?/Michele L. Vancour and William M. Sherman -- Exclusive Breastfeeding and Work Policies in Eldoret, Kenya/Violet Naanyu -- Brown Bodies, White Eggs: The Politics of Cross-racial Gestational Surrogacy/Laura Harrison -- What Will Become of Us? New Biotechnologies and the Need for Maternal Leadership/Enola G. Aird -- Part IV: Agency -- From "Choice" to Change: Rewriting the Script of Motherhood as Maternal Activism/Judith Stadtman Tucker -- The Mothers' Movement: The Challenges of Coalition Building in the Twenty-first Century/Patrice DiQuinzio -- Political Labeling of Mothers: An Obstacle to Equality in Politics/Marsha Marotta -- Racially Conscious Mothering in the "Colorblind" Century: Implications for African American Motherwork/Camille Wilson Cooper -- It Takes a (Virtual) Village: Mothering on the Internet/May Friedman -- Outlaw(ing) Motherhood: A Theory and Politic of Maternal Empowerment for the Twenty-first Century/Andrea O'Reilly.