Remembering Maternal Bodies is a collection of essays about the writings
of several Latina and Latin American women writers who remember their
mothers, and/or challenge our commonly held beliefs about motherhood and
maternity, in an effort to stop depression and melancholy. It suggests
that the widespread violent depression and sometimes suicidal melancholy
that haunts our culture and society is the result of a terrible fantasy
about the way we become ourselves. This fantasy has a matricide at its
core, and this matricide will continue to have its depressing effect on
us as long as it remains in place and invisible. The authors showcased
in this book make visible this fantasy and change it in their works in
an effort to bring us out of our depression and melancholy.