Mothers and Sons
Subtitle: Feminist Perspectives
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780203901106
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Feminism
Description: For all with an interest in family issues, gender issues, or a new perspective on mothering, this book is a must read.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: 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.; title: 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.