Collin S Challenge

Patrica Hill Collins; Reconceiving Motherhood

Reimagine motherhood through the lens of Black feminist thought. This groundbreaking anthology explores the profound impact of Patricia Hill Collins on motherhood studies, challenging traditional, white-centric perspectives. Edited by Kaila Adia Story, Reconceiving Motherhood delves into the complexities of motherhood, connecting it to empire, racism, classism, and heteronormativity. Through insightful essays, leading scholars examine Collins's concepts like "othermothering" and "mothering of the mind," offering new understandings of family, community, and social justice. This collection: Examines the intersectional dimensions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in shaping maternal experiences. Highlights the importance of Black feminist thought in understanding motherhood. Raises critical questions about social and cultural norms surrounding motherhood. For students, scholars, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of motherhood, this anthology provides a transformative exploration of Patricia Hill Collins's enduring legacy.

The Collins Scandal

An Collins and the Historical Imagination

The first edited collection of scholarly essays to focus exclusively on An Collins, this volume examines the significance of an important religious and political poet from seventeenth-century England. The book celebrates Collins’s writing within her own time and ours through a comprehensive assessment of her poetics, literary, religious and political contexts, critical reception, and scholarly tradition. An Collins and the Historical Imagination engages with the complete arc of research and interpretation concerning Collins’s poetry from 1653 to the present. The volume defines the center and circumference of Collins scholarship for twenty-first century readers. The book’s thematically linked chapters and appendices provide a multifaceted investigation of An Collins’s writing, religious and political milieu, and literary legacy within her time and ours.