Mothering Myths: An ABC of Art, Birth and Care athlete Karen Adelman & Lindsay August

Karen Adelman & Lindsay August Salazar

describes the ‘species loneliness’ of modern man: how the ancient relationships between humans and nature have broken down

while using repurposed Mormon visual material

Like a volume of poetry

Mothering Myths: An ABC of Art, Birth and Care athlete Karen Adelman & Lindsay AugustRooted in the visual arts, this book gathers a multitude of voices on the theme of motherhood. Though central to the core of all life, the topic of motherhood has long been relegated to the private domain. Within the art world, depictions of motherhood have also been fraught. From the Middle Ages to the 20th century, Mary was depicted as the primal mother. Mothers were idealized in Western art, often as women who sacrifice themselves for the good of