Mother Time

by Arnott, Joanne

• ISBN13: 9781553800460
• ISBN10: 155380046X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-15
• Publisher: Ronsdale Pr

Summary

Drawing on her Metis background, Arnott explores the entire range of "mothering" experiences. In riveting images, she tells the story of what it means to be a mother -- from conception, through pregnancy, to childbirth and on to the many inter-generational challenges of our time.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Rags into Riches	p. 11
Primipara
Domain	p. 17
Change Herself	p. 18
Bitch & Destroyer	p. 19
Umbilicus	p. 20
Poverty	p. 23
White Solids, Pink Shadows	p. 26
The Teaching	p. 28
Enchantment & Freedom	p. 29
Multipara I
Proud Belly	p. 35
Great Mother	p. 38
Reprise	p. 40
Birth/Wide/Spread	p. 41
Old MacDonald	p. 43
Song About	p. 44
Am	p. 46
Birdsong	p. 49
Unmaking the House	p. 51
Little Flowers	p. 53
A Tip of the Table	p. 54
Justice	p. 56
Our Mother	p. 57
Migration	p. 58
Rock	p. 61
Multipara II
Spiders & Dogs	p. 65
Healing Circle	p. 68
Remember	p. 70
Grandmother Sweatlodge	p. 72
Ma	p. 73
Interregnum
Birth Sketch I	p. 77
Birth Sketch II	p. 78
A Present Made	p. 79
The Kitchen Thief	p. 80
Birth	p. 82
Protection	p. 86
Gone Not Gone	p. 87
Separation	p. 88
Mother's Day	p. 90
Night Flight	p. 91
Thirteen	p. 93
O Very Young	p. 94
As a Good Jaguar Should	p. 95
Decade One	p. 96
Springtime Blossoms	p. 101
Grandmother	p. 102
Mother Time	p. 105
Multipara III
Conception	p. 109
In Autumn Garden	p. 110
A Moment	p. 111
Who is This?	p. 112
Birth Place	p. 114
Reproduction of the Goddess in the New World	p. 116
Grande Multip
Two Children	p. 119
Invitation	p. 120
Tableau	p. 121
Wave	p. 122
Easter Feast Day	p. 123
Multiparanormal	p. 124
Into Manhood	p. 128
Boy of Earth, 1986	p. 130
Notes	p. 133
Gratitude	p. 135
About the Author	p. 139
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