| Description |
1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Why an Anthology on Feminist Parenting? -- African, Global South, and Western Feminism(s): Theorizing as Boundary Work -- Surveying the Literature on Feminist Mothering and Fathering -- Being and Becoming a Feminist Parent and Doing Feminist Parenting Together with Others -- The Organization of this Collection -- Part I: Feminist Mothering Journeys -- Part II: Parenting Is Political: Of Feminist Mothers' Struggles and Resistance -- Part III: Contributions from African Feminist Fathers and Children -- Part I |
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Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Making a Conscious Choice to be a Mother -- Mothering Malaika -- Malaika's Narration of Her Experience -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- We're Going to Have a Baby! -- A Missed Miscarriage -- Unwanted Advice -- A Dream Deferred? -- My Models for Feminist Parenting -- Chapter 3 -- Recognizing and Challenging Gender Bias -- Gender Bias in the Household -- Skin Colour -- Brand Items -- Intersectionalities: Gender, Class, and Race -- Sexual Diversity and Sex Education -- Demonstrating Feminism Resilience and Strength -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 4 |
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Introduction -- Grandmother's Homestead -- Residential Arrangements and Childrearing -- Parenting Other Children -- Marriage: A Few Things Changed -- Negotiating My Marriage Ceremony -- A Son in August: It Takes a Village... -- A Daughter in August, Too -- A Patriarchal School and a Feminist Parent -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Self-identifying as an African Feminist Mother -- Mothering from a Distance: Contesting the Notions of Good Mothering -- Practicing Feminist Parenting -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Introduction -- Search -- Discovery -- A Muslim Feminist Mother -- Conclusion |
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Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- I Did Not Have to Decide to Become a Feminist: Life Happened -- (Not) Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth2 -- Becoming a Mother -- Becoming a Feminist Activist-Scholar Mother: A Young Woman's Voice Does Not Break -- It Grows Firmer! -- Passing on Life and Love, Dealing with Grief and Bringing the Village Back In -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 -- Introduction -- African, Intersectional, Islamic, Hijabi, Womanist, and Humanist -- Polygamy and the Rite of Passage -- Role Revisal, Name Change, and the Implication for Masculinity -- The Decision to Have a Child before Marriage |
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Feminist Parenting and the Way We See It -- Parenting from Afar -- Conclusion -- Part II -- Chapter 11 -- Introduction -- Background-My Induction into Motherhood -- Resisting the Theological Template for Parenting -- Parenting as Political -- On the Importance of Rage -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Becoming a Parent: Reflections about Self and Others -- Defining Boundaries: Overcoming Social Norms and Imaginations of Self and Family -- Affirming Feminist Principles in Life and in Parenting as a Single Mother -- Thinking and Practicing Feminist Parenting: A Few Lessons Learned |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Conclusion |
| Subject |
Parenthood.
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Parenthood
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
O'Reilly, Andrea
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| ISBN |
9781772582741 |
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1772582743 |
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