Concepedia

Maternal Representation

Maternal Representation is a theoretical construct within feminist film theory and literary studies that designates the symbolic and narrative articulation of motherhood as a culturally mediated phenomenon, distinguishing itself by foregrounding the ways in which maternal identities are constructed, regulated, and contested through gendered visual and textual discourses.

278

Publications

12.4K

Citations

413

Authors

194

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

35

Parents

Publications

278

Fetal Images: The Power of Visual Culture in the Politics of Reproduction

Rosalind Pollack Petchesky · Feminist Studies · 1987 · 660 citations

, , +15

The mother/daughter plot: narrative, psychoanalysis, feminism

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 470 citations

, , +17

Suffocating mothers: fantasies of maternal origin in Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet to The tempest

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 349 citations

, , +12

In the Frame: Photovoice and mothers with learning difficulties

Tim Booth, Wendy Booth · Disability & Society · 2003 · 283 citations

, , +13

Motherhood and Representation: The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama

Steven Williams, E. Ann Kaplan · The Canadian Journal of Sociology · 1994 · 247 citations · Full text

, , +8

1–5 of 278

Authors

413

  1. MA
    Massimo Ammaniti

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    4 publications · 296 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. RF
    Rebecca Feasey

    Bath Spa University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 63 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. JW
    Jean Wyatt

    Occidental College, United States

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. SD
    Sam D. Gill

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    3 publications · 122 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. DN
    Daniel N. Stern

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 258 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 413

Institutions

194

  1. Hope College

    Holland, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    385 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    83 citations

  3. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    3 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  5. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    174 citations

  6. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    180 citations

  7. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    354 citations

1–8 of 194

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 23 publications · 1.8K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. Infant Mental Health Journal

    IMHJ · 11 publications · 827 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Feminist Media Studies

    7 publications · 150 citations

    7

    h-index

  4. Studies in the Maternal

    5 publications · 155 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. Hypatia

    4 publications · 147 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5