Homeland Maternity Erika Gradenwitz-Koehler Ridgefield Public Schools

Ridgefield Public Schools

his arguments might appear as subversive with so many challenges to past thinking and practices

Gerry Czerniawski is Senior Lecturer in Secondary Social Science and Humanities Education at the Cass School of Education

this book refers to various aspects of that Event that have so far not been adequately addressed

Homeland Maternity Erika Gradenwitz-Koehler Ridgefield Public SchoolsMotherhood and motherland in contemporary America In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestationboth a powerful form of cultural currency and a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis and perceived vulnerability, motherhood and nation have become intimately entwined, dangerously positioning national security as reliant on the control of women's bodies. Drawing on feminist scholarship and critical