Abstract:
This paper is an exploration of the role of maternity in processes of identification. Specifically these processes are examined in relation to diasporic communities and the role of the maternal as it functions between generations and between cultures. Within this exploration, attitudes to education are taken as critical and there is concern to frame cultural re/production as it intersects with women's attitudes to it. The Greek community is identified as an exemplar of these processes. The paper is a work in progress and will examine these issues through interview material collected with women who identify as Greek who were born in Canada and Australia. Additionally, interviews with such women who have chosen, as adults, to live in Greece will be included. In this way, it is anticipated that some comment can be made on how diasporic 'Greekness' is interpreted by women and the role of education in these processes.