Table of contents : AcknowledgementsIntroductionDisembodied Mothers: Re-writing the maternal metaphor through goddess iconography - Anu AnejaAnticipating the Mother's Dream: Maternal subjectivity in psychoanalysis, literature and cinema - Anu Aneja'Mere Paas Maa Hai' Reflections on representations of motherhood in Hindi cinema - Shubhangi Vaidya'More than a Mother': Autism, motherhood discourse and lived experience - Shubhangi VaidyaCapitalist Encounters: The motherhood pact - Anu AnejaOf 'Unfit' Mothers: Disability, stereotypes and contestations - Shubhangi VaidyaMapping the Mother in France and India: Discursive revolutions - Anu AnejaIndex