Julie Turley is assistant professor and open education librarian at Kingsborough Community College/City University of New York in Brooklyn.Joan Jocson-Singh is library director at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, CA.

• ContentsChapter 1: Mother Framing: MethodologiesChapter 2: The Stories We Tell: Qualitative Interviews (Vignettes)Chapter 3: The Rock Mom MemoirChapter 4: Vigilante Motherhood: The Embrace of AngerChapter 5: Daughters on Rock Moms: Life, Performance, Musicking, and BondingChapter 6: Mother Tracks: Rock and Metal Moms Write Motherhood

Heavy Music Mothers is a celebration and a critique, challenging essen­tialist narratives of who gets to rock and who gets to mother while offering a roadmap for those who seek to do both … The authors’ honest acknowledgement of imperfection underscores the book’s nuanced and empathetic portrait of mothers navigating extreme identities.

Julie Turley is assistant professor and open education librarian at Kingsborough Community College/City University of New York in Brooklyn.Joan Jocson-Singh is library director at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, CA.

• ContentsChapter 1: Mother Framing: MethodologiesChapter 2: The Stories We Tell: Qualitative Interviews (Vignettes)Chapter 3: The Rock Mom MemoirChapter 4: Vigilante Motherhood: The Embrace of AngerChapter 5: Daughters on Rock Moms: Life, Performance, Musicking, and BondingChapter 6: Mother Tracks: Rock and Metal Moms Write Motherhood

Heavy Music Mothers is a celebration and a critique, challenging essen­tialist narratives of who gets to rock and who gets to mother while offering a roadmap for those who seek to do both … The authors’ honest acknowledgement of imperfection underscores the book’s nuanced and empathetic portrait of mothers navigating extreme identities.

Julie Turley is assistant professor and open education librarian at Kingsborough Community College/City University of New York in Brooklyn.Joan Jocson-Singh is library director at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, CA.

• ContentsChapter 1: Mother Framing: MethodologiesChapter 2: The Stories We Tell: Qualitative Interviews (Vignettes)Chapter 3: The Rock Mom MemoirChapter 4: Vigilante Motherhood: The Embrace of AngerChapter 5: Daughters on Rock Moms: Life, Performance, Musicking, and BondingChapter 6: Mother Tracks: Rock and Metal Moms Write Motherhood

Heavy Music Mothers is a celebration and a critique, challenging essen­tialist narratives of who gets to rock and who gets to mother while offering a roadmap for those who seek to do both … The authors’ honest acknowledgement of imperfection underscores the book’s nuanced and empathetic portrait of mothers navigating extreme identities.