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- Title
The Paradox of Absent Mothers: Women Who Are both Mothers and Public Figures or Activists.
- Authors
Connor, D. Helene
- Abstract
The article analyzes the paradox of absent mothers based on the life narrative of Maori activist Betty Wark. It delves into the contradictions in motherhood and the ways in which women negotiate the constructions of idealized motherhood and consequential mother guilt when such constructions are not realized. It is noted that Wark is known as Ma Betty to street children she was helping at the Arohanui Trust hotels in Auckland, New Zealand. The author concludes that Wark's search for selfhood formed a public persona that satisfied her private life.
- Subjects
AUCKLAND (N.Z.); NEW Zealand; WARK, Betty; ABSENTEE mothers; MAORI women; ACTIVISTS; MOTHERHOOD; STREET children
- Publication
Hecate, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 1/2, p30
- ISSN
0311-4198
- Publication type
Article