Chapter 1: Introduction
The Emergence of Networked Communication and the Birth of Blogs
Mommyblogs: The Term
Why Do Mothers Blog?
What Mommyblogs Offer: The Theoretical Frameworks
Limitations of the Genre: The Digital Divide
Authenticity: Do Mommyblogs Tell the Truth?
About This Book
Chapter 2: A Short History of the Mamasphere and the Discursive Construction of Motherhood
How Blogging Happens
Creation of the Mamasphere
How Do We Read Mommyblogs?
Life Writing Theory: The “Self-in-the-Writing”
Chapter 3: On Hybridity: The Diversity and Multiplicity of the Mamasphere
Motherhood from the Margins: The Need for Diverse Motherhood Stories
Transnationalism and Hybridity: Gaza Mom
Mainstream Black motherhood: The Young Mommy Life
Motherhood and Ethnicity: Devis with Babies
Mothering and Power: The Dominatrix Next Door
Anonymity: The Renegade Rebbetzin
Gender and Normativity: Transgender Mom and Unwellness
Contradictory and Convergent Motherhoods: Fannfare and Friday Playdate
Hybridity and Advocacy: Dream Mom and Live from the Wang of America
Interrupting Good Motherhood: Peter’s Cross Station and Any Mommy Out There?
Writing from the Centre: Starbloggers and Hybridity
Why Does Hybridity Matter? What Does Hybridity Offer?
Chapter 4: On the Cyborg: Dialogism, and Collective Stories
The Cyborg Mother Relationality
“Whuffie”: Popular Mommybloggers On Temporality
The Multidimensional Cyborg: The Mamasphere’s Collective Mother
Chapter 5: On Queer: A Liminal and Unfixed Motherhood
History of Queer Theory
Illuminating the Queer Mother
Changing the Subject: Destabilizing Individuality
From “Mother” to “Mothering”
Queering the Kids: Mommyblogging and Privacy
Making the Queer Shift
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Precariousness of the Medium
Monetization and a Changing Voice
Moving Forward
Appendix A: List of blogs selected for primary research
References
