Mothers and Sons: Feminism, Masculinity, and the Struggle to Raise Our Sons

ISBN-13: 9780415924900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str.

Andrea O'Reilly Herrera

Opis

This groundbreaking work looks at many untouched areas of the mother-son relationship including race, sexuality and ability. The contributors to this collection speak from the heart and explore how the institution of motherhood oppresses women, impedes mother-son identification and fosters sexism.

Recenzje

"...this book is both informative and evocative." -- Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, October 2002

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION, Andrea O'Reilly; Part 1 MOTHERING AND MOTHERHOOD; Chapter 1 WHO ARE WE THIS TIME? AN EXCERPT FROM AMERICAN MOM, Mary Kay Blakely; Chapter 2 MOTHERING SONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ONE PEACEMAKER'S CHALLENGE, Jacqueline Haessly; Chapter 3 MASCULINITY, MATRIARCHY, AND MYTH A BLACK FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE, Claudette Lee, Ethel Hill Williams; Chapter 4 MOTHERS, SONS, AND THE ART OF PEACEBUILDING, Linda Rennie Forcey; Chapter 5 IN BLACK AND WHITE ANGLO-AMERICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON MOTHERS AND SONS, Andrea O'Reilly; Part 2 MEN AND MASCULINITIES; Chapter 6 SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE FEMINISTS' ACCOUNTS OF MOTHERING SONS, Alison M. Thomas; Chapter 7 FEMINIST ACADEMIC MOTHERS' INFLUENCES ON THEIR SONS' MASCULINITY, Sharon Abbey; Chapter 8 LESBIANS RAISING SONS BRINGING UP A NEW BREED OF MEN, Jess Wells; Chapter 9 CAN BOYS GROW INTO MOTHERS? MATERNAL THINKING AND FATHERS' REFLECTIONS, Andrea Doucet; Part 3 MOTHERS AND SONS: CONNECTIONS AND DISCONNECTIONS; Chapter 10 RAISING RELATIONAL BOYS, Cate Dooley, Nikki Fedele; Chapter 11 ATTACHMENT AND LOSS, Janet Sayers; Chapter 12 MOTHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SHADOW OF WAR, Amia Lieblich; Chapter 13 THIS IS LEAVE-TAKING MOTHERS,SIGNATURES, AND COUNTERMEMORY, Douglas Sadao Aoki;

O autorze

Andrea O'Reilly is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at York University, Canada. She is the author of several books on mothering, including Redefining Motherhood (1998); Mothers and Daughters at the New Millennium (1999) and Toni Morrison and Motherhood (2000).