Interdisciplinary and intersectional in emphasis, the Routledge Companion to Motherhood brings together essays on current intellectual themes, issues, and debates, while also creating a foundation for future scholarship and study as the field of Motherhood Studies continues to develop globally.

;"Introduction"Section One: Maternal Theory Chapter 1: Maternal Theory: Patriarchal Motherhood and ;Empowered Mothering ;;Chapter 2: Feminist Mothering ; Chapter 3: Matricentric Feminism: A Feminism for Mothers ;;Section Two: Mothering Through Difference: Hearing the Voices of Marginalized Mothers Chapter 4: Queering and Querying Motherhood;Chapter 5: Disabled Mothers;Chapter 6: Mothering While Black: Strengths and Vulnerabilities in a Sociopolitical Racial Context of Structural Inequality ;; Chapter 7: Welfare Mothers in the US ; Chapter 8: Indigenous Mothers: Birthing the Nation from ;Resistance to Revolution ;; Chapter 9: Voluntarily Childless Women: A Look at ;Western Society and the Definition of Motherhood; ;Section Three: Mothers, Mothering, Culture and Art Chapter 10: Mediated Celebrity Motherhood: Representing ;The Norms, Values, and Practices Promoted by and ;through Celebrity Moms;; Chapter 11: Feminist Art and Motherhood: An Overview ; Chapter 12: Religions and Mothers; Chapter 13: Mothers and Music ; Chapter 14: Matrifocal Voices in Literature;Chapter 15: Mothering Memoirs ;Section Four: Mothering and Health Chapter 16: Beyond Disordered Brains and Mother Blame: Critical Issues in Autism and Mothering ; Chapter 17: No Fixed Address: Explicating the Everyday Health Challenges of Women Living in an Emergency Homeless Shelter; Chapter 18: Midwifery in Historical and Contemporary ;Perspective: The Collusion of Race, Class, and Gender;;Chapter 19: Mothers in Prison: Matricentric Feminist ;Criminology;; Chapter 20: Abused Women's Mothering ;Experiences: Making the Invisible Visible;Section Five: Mothering, Families and Domestic Space;Chapter 21: "From Home to House: Neoliberalism, ;Maternal Pedagogy and the De-domestication of the Private ;Sphere?;; Chapter 22: Mothering or Parenting? ;; Chapter 23: Homing in on Domestic Space: The ;Boundaries and Potential of Home-making;Chapter 24: Configuring the Mother-Daughter Dyad ;Chapter 25: Mothers and Sons;Section Six: Mothering and Work Chapter 26: Mothers and Work: Social Reproduction and ;the Labours of Motherhood; ;Chapter 27: The Lasting Impacts of "The Opt Out ;Revolution": Disciplining Working Mothers;; Chapter 28: Shifting Gender Norms and Childcare in ;Canada;; Chapter 29: Poor and Working-Class Mothers ;Section Seven: Mothering, Economics and Globalization; Chapter 30: Mothering, Neoliberalism and Globalization;; Chapter 31: Mothering and the Economy ;;Chapter 32: Transnational Mothering: Conceptualizing; Ideas of Care Here and There;; Chapter 33: Mothering, Urbanization and Africa ;Section Eight: Mothering, Governance and Politics Chapter 34: Formal Governance of and by Mothers: ;Mothers, Public Policy, and Law;; Chapter 35: Mothering and Politics ;Chapter 36: The Criminalization and Incarceration of Mothers in ;Canada and the United States;; Chapter 37: The Governance of Mothers ;Section Nine: Mothering and Activism Chapter 38: The Politics of Motherhood: Maternal Appeals ;in the Public Sphere;; Chapter 39: Mothering and Activism ; Chapter 40: Reproductive Justice as Environmental Justice: ;Contexts, Coalitions, and Cautions ;Chapter 41: Motherhood and the Struggle for Reproductive Justice;;