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Record Nr.

UNISA996202237503316

Titolo

Mothers & sons : feminism, masculinity, and the struggle to raise our sons / / edited by Andrea O'Reilly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2001

ISBN

1-135-96006-2

1-135-96007-0

1-280-40709-3

0-585-45194-X

0-203-90110-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ReillyAndrea <1961->

Disciplina

306.8743

Soggetti

Mothers and sons

Feminism

Sex role

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; MOTHERING AND MOTHERHOOD; WHO ARE WE THIS TIME? AN EXCERPT FROM AMERICAN MOM; MOTHERING SONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: ONE PEACEMAKER'S CHALLENGE; MASCULINITY, MATRIARCHY,AND MYTH:A BLACK FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE; MOTHERS, SONS,AND THE ART OF PEACEBUILDING; IN BLACK AND WHITE:ANGLO-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON MOTHERS AND SONS; MEN AND MASCULINITIES; SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: FEMINISTS'ACCOUNTS OF MOTHERING SONS; FEMINIST ACADEMIC MOTHERS' INFLUENCES ON THEIR SONS' MASCULINITY; LESBIANS RAISING SONS: BRINGING UP A NEW BREED OF MEN

CAN BOYS GROW INTO MOTHERS? MATERNAL THINKING AND FATHERS' REFLECTIONSMOTHERS AND SONS: CONNECTIONS AND DISCONNECTIONS; RAISING RELATIONAL BOYS; ATTACHMENT AND LOSS; MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SHADOW OF WAR; THIS IS LEAVE-TAKING: MOTHERS, SIGNATURES,AND COUNTERMEMORY;

Sommario/riassunto

For all with an interest in family issues, gender issues, or a new



perspective on mothering, this book is a must read.