This project investigates \u201cgood motherhood\u201d as a part of the new (femo)nationalism and helps to review the similarities and differences between Western rightist nationalisms and the nationalisms of postsocialist countries. Inspired by Sara Farris\u2019 inquiry into \u201cWestern\u201d forms of femonationalism, we explore what constructions of the \u201cgood mother\u201d are produced by the nationalist rhetoric and policies\u2019 initiatives. The project also studies how the women, whose motherhood is considered to be “failed,” resist these initiatives. The study is based on example of three countries belonging to the Baltic Sea region – Lithuania, Russia, and Sweden. We have two levels of analysis: 1) initiatives concerning policies and social expectations constructing the normative \u201cgood mother\u201d and 2) the level of practices and changing experiences of maternity. We analyze policy documents, media debates and documents of right-wing political organizations; we also collect interviews and biographical material. The results of the project explain the place that \u201cgood motherhood” has in the new ideologies of the \u201ctraditional values\u201d and pro-natalist initiatives in the postsocialist countries as well as demonstrate how the new nationalist initiatives are dealt with by mothers in three countries. The study contributes to new knowledge on the similarities and differences with respect to new nationalism in Eastern and Western Europe and to research on maternity and resistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3638","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n