Museum Representations of Motherhood and the Maternal

Museum Representations of Motherhood and the Maternal is the first book to address the underrepresentation of motherhood in museums.

Questioning how mothering and maternal experiences should be represented in museums, Louise-Clarke argues that such institutions wield the power to influence what we think about families, mothers and the labour of care. Using the term ¿mothering¿ to encompass lived experiences of mothering or caring that are not exclusively tied to sex, gender, or the maternal body, Louise-Clarke explores the ways that experiences of mothering can be represented in museums. The book begins this exploration with Australia¿s Museums Victoria (MV), then expands to look at international cases. Offering a blueprint for what Louise-Clarke calls a ¿museology of mothering¿, the book imagines what a museum that articulates maternal subjectivities might look and sound like.

Museum Representations of Motherhood and the Maternal initiates a dialogue betwe