Mothers, fathers, and others : essays /
In this essay collection in which feminist philosophy meets family memoir, the novelist and scholar moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother and daughter to connect mothers to the broader meanings of maternity in a culture shaped by misogyny and fantasies of paternal authority.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2021].
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| Summary: | In this essay collection in which feminist philosophy meets family memoir, the novelist and scholar moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother and daughter to connect mothers to the broader meanings of maternity in a culture shaped by misogyny and fantasies of paternal authority. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 285 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781982176396 1982176393 |