How to raise a feminist son : motherhood, masculinity, and the making of my family / Sonora Jha.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2021]Description: xxi, 265 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781632173645
- 1632173646
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Main Library | NonFiction | 306.8743 J59 | Checked out | 04/13/2024 | 33111010500565 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"This book is a true love letter, not only to Jha's own son but also to all of our sons and to the parents--especially mothers--who raise them."
--Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre
Beautifully written and deeply personal, this book follows the struggles and triumphs of one single, immigrant mother of color to raise an American feminist son. From teaching consent to counteracting problematic messages from the media, well-meaning family, and the culture at large, the author offers an empowering, imperfect feminism, brimming with honest insight and actionable advice.
Informed by Jha's work as a professor of journalism specializing in social justice movements and social media, as well as by conversations with psychologists, experts, other parents and boys--and through powerful stories from her own life-- How to Raise a Feminist Son shows us all how to be better feminists and better teachers of the next generation of men in this electrifying tour de force.
Includes chapter takeaways, and an annotated bibliography of reading and watching recommendations for adults and children.
"A beautiful hybrid of memoir, manifesto, instruction manual, and rumination on the power of story and possibilities of family."
--Rebecca Solnit, author of The Mother of All Questions
Prologue: How I raised a feminist in the dark -- Help, I just found out I'm having a son! -- What if I'm not a good feminist? -- What would the goddesses do? -- Has Mother Goose ever heard of feminism? -- If it takes a village, where's my feminist village? -- How will I shield him from the men around us? -- How will I shield him from the media? -- Do I really have to talk to him about sex? -- Is feminism good for his body, as well as his mind? -- What if he slips up? -- Will my boy of color feel too burdened? Will my white son feel too guilty? -- What if I slip up? -- How will I know if I have succeeded in raising a feminist son?
"This book is both an incredibly moving mother-son love story told in personal essays, and a parenting manual with concrete advice and actionable takeaways for feminists of all stripes hoping to dismantle toxic masculinity, one sweet boy at a time"-- Provided by publisher.
As a single, immigrant mother of color raising an American feminist son, Jha offers insight and actionable advice on the struggles of trying to raise a feminist son. In stories from her own life, she shows us all how to be better feminists ourselves-- and better teachers of the next generation of men. -- adapted from jacket