RT Article
T1 Motherhood as a Space for the Other: A Dialogue between Mother Maria Skobtsova and Hélène Cixous
JF Feminist theology
VO 26
IS 2
SP 133
OP 146
A1 Bauerová, Kateřina 1971-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1576126552
AB The article deals with the issue of motherhood as a space for the other in terms of its being a space shared with the other on both the biological level and also in the metaphorical sense of the word, where motherhood means accepting the other into the wider space of the body of a family, of society, and of the whole universe. This opening up of one's space for the other necessarily implies that the space diminishes. The article explores the theme through the work of two writers, Mother Maria Skobtsova (1891-1945) and Hélène Cixous (b. 1937), as both reflect in their lives the idea of motherhood as a space for the other. It puts their voices into conversation from their different discourses. Mother Maria speaks the language of theology and poetry, and the artistic language of icons; Hélène Cixous the language of literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and creative writing.
K1 Hélène Cixous
K1 Motherhood
K1 Maria Skobtsova
K1 PILENKO, Jelizawieta Juriewna, 1891-1945
K1 Psychoanalysis
K1 Body
K1 Other
K1 Space
DO 10.1177/0966735017737718