--- title: "New Anthology on Mothering & Hip-Hop Culture: Call for Papers" date: 2009-07-16T22:11:58-04:00 author: OBOS Admin canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-anthology-on-mothering-hip-hop-culture-call-for-papers" section: Blog (Archive) --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# New Anthology on Mothering & Hip-Hop Culture: Call for Papers By Christine Cupaiuolo • July 16, 2009 Please note: This entry -- originally posted at [Our Bodies, Our Blog](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog) -- has not been updated since the publication date listed above. [![mother_knows_best_anthology](https://assets.ourbodiesourselves.org/images/blog-archive/mother_knows_best_anthology.jpg "mother_knows_best_anthology")](http://www.yorku.ca/arm/demeterpress.html)Demeter Press, the publishing division of the Association for Research on Mothering, is seeking submissions for an edited collection on mothering and hip hop to be published in 2011. The editors are Maki Motapanyane and Shana Calixte. Previously published anthologies by Demeter Press include "Mothering and Blogging: The Radical Act of the MommyBlog," and "Mother Knows Best: Talking Back to the "Experts." Additional upcoming titles focus on intersections of mothering and disability, adoption and identifying as Latina/Chicana. One collection due out in 2010 that I definitely won't miss: "The Palin Factor: Political Mothers and Public Motherhood in the 21st Century." Here's the call for papers for the new book on mothering and hip hop. Contact information is at the bottom: Motherhood is an experience that has been ever‑present yet invisible in the global music genre of Hip-Hop. Yet this aspect of women’s experiences within the movement has garnered little or no interest from journalists, writers and scholars of Hip-Hop culture. Nor do we have any understanding of how mothers who remain Hip-Hop enthusiasts negotiate their relationship to the culture of Hip‑Hop and its music with their children. What are the spaces that motherhood occupies in Hip-Hop? Are there ways of understanding mothering in Hip-Hop along a historical continuum? What are some of the ways that motherhood complicates the very masculinist discourses around hip hop? How can we create an empowered and feminist Hip-Hop mothering, what would it look like and how would it challenge the status quo? How are mothers engaging with Hip-Hop, both locally and globally? The aim of this collection is to give motherhood within Hip-Hop culture an intellectual point of entry into an existing field of academic debates. Themes that submitted proposals engage may include: * Hip-Hop histories * Masculinity * Misogyny and violence * Consumerism and capitalism * The globalization and/or transnationality of Hip-Hop * Cultural appropriation * Political subversion * Cultural diversity * Feminist mothering * Heterosexualities * Queer identities and sexuality * Aesthetic continuity and change * Representation and the marketing of identities * Other themes not mentioned here We seek both creative and academic submissions that tackle the complex ways in which motherhood and Hip-Hop frame these and other discussions. Abstracts are welcome from a variety of academic disciplines and perspectives. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Abstracts: 250 words in length. Deadline for Abstracts: August 1, 2009 Papers: 15-18 pages Deadline for Papers: January 7, 2010 Please submit proposals to: Maki Motapanyane (maki AT yorku.ca) and Shana Calixte (scalixte AT laurentian.ca). --- #### 5 Responses Our Bodies Ourselves is no longer able to accept comments. **Lillian** on Jul 19, 2009 This sounds very interesting...is there is compensation? **Lillian** on Jul 19, 2009 Oops, sorry about that, I meant 'is there compensation?'. **Christine C.** on Jul 20, 2009 Hi Lillian -- sorry I don't know the answer to that, but I'm sure the editors can provide more information. **Lillian** on Jul 20, 2009 Thanks Christine. Do you know how I might be able to contact the editors? **Christine C.** on Jul 20, 2009 Oh, sorry! Their emails are at the end: Maki Motapanyane: maki AT yorku.ca and Shana Calixte: scalixte AT laurentian.ca ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)Topics - [Activism & Resources](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/activism-resources) - [Books](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/books) - [Motherhood](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/motherhood) ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)### *Why You Can* **Trust Us** - We rigorously evaluate all content - We embrace a reproductive justice framework - We don’t accept ads or sell products - We reject funding from the pharmaceutical industry - We counter misinformation and disinformation - We address the social, political, and economic factors that affect health and sexuality [read more](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/why-you-can-trust-us) Share [](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)