Trauma and Motherhood in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Introduction: Trauma and Recovery New Challenges to Motherhood. Laura Lazzari, Catholic University of America / Franklin University Switzerland Nathalie Ségeral, The University of Sydney (Australia) / University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA).- Part I: Pre-pregnancy.- Chapter 1: "Tragedy, in vitro: The Function of Reproductive Science in Simon Stone's Adaptation of Yerma". Bryan Betancur, City University of New York (CUNY)-Bronx Community College.- Chapter 2: "Disembodied Pregnancy and Maternal Trauma". Julie Rodgers, Maynooth University (Ireland).- Chapter 3: "Biopolitics, Trauma and Dubious Redemption in Mo Yan's Frog". Li Wang, Independent Scholar.- Part II: Pregnancy.-  Chapter 4: "The Complications of the Anti-Maternal Pregnant Body in Diane a les épaules (2017)". Holly Runde, Mars Hill University.- Chapter 5: "I have an enterprise": Reproductive Entrepreneurship, Transnational Surrogacy, and the Recovery of Maternal Bodies & Labor in Zippi Brand Frank's Google Baby. Sarah Fischer Davis, Stony Brook University.- Chapter 6: "Salvaging the Bones Means Fighting for Reproductive Justice: Jesmyn Ward's Literary Representations of the Trauma Produced by the Black Maternal Health Crisis in the U.S." Mary Catherine Foltz, Lehigh University.- Part III: Post-Pregnancy.-  Chapter 7: "Maternal Dilemma in Rossella Schillaci's Ninna nanna prigioniera". Giulia Po DeLisle, UMass Lowell.- Chapter 8: "Challenges to Motherhood and the Global South: Women Migrants, Refugees, and Sans-Papiers in Nadine Labaki's Capernaüm". Maya Aghasi, American University of Sharjah.- Chapter 9: "Traumatic Memory and Narrative Healing in Contemporary Diasporic Chinese Women's Writing". Fang (Sarah) Tang, Yangtze University, China.- Chapter 10: "Monstrous, Robotics, and Abnormal Mothers - The Portrayal of Artificial Women in current Latin-American Science Fiction" María José Gutiérrez, Catholic University of America.- Conclusion Laura Lazzari, Catholic University of America / Franklin University Switzerland. Nathalie Ségeral, The University of Sydney / University of Hawaii at Manoa. Part IV: Appendix: Creative Part and Interviews.- "Recovering from the Trauma of Infertility". Alexandra Kimball, journalist, Canada.-"The defectives". Eleonora Mazzoni, actress and novelist, Italy.- "Reproductive technologies of the future - not just a sci-fi story". Marta Baiocchi, scientist and novelist, Italy.- "The Lunàdigas Project - giving a voice to childless women". Nicoletta Nesler and Marilisa Piga, filmmakers, Italy.