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The Mothers of East Los Angeles: (Other)Mothering for Environmental Justice
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas, Christopher Scott |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | ABSTRACTThis essay explores the Mothers of East Los Angeles (MELA)—an environmental justice group started and led by older Mexican American women—and the organization’s campaign to prevent the construction of a state prison in their neighborhood. The women enact motherwork that protects the well-being of the neighborhood’s children, in addition to crafting motherhood into a communal responsibility to look after the neighborhood as a mother would their child. MELA’s maternal appeals rely on and eclipse identification with traditional gender categories, suggesting new ways for motherhood to function as an organizing principle to mobilize collectives. More broadly, this essay contributes to scholarly discussions on rhetorical agency by considering motherhood as a means for women’s collective resistance and empowerment. |
| Starting Page | 293 |
| Ending Page | 309 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/1041794X.2018.1488986 |
| Volume Number | 83 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.brockport.edu/daily_eagle/doc/2018-08/item_13997_6095.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2018.1488986 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
