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Feminist parenting : perspectives from Africa and beyond /

"Feminist Parenting: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond asks and considers: What is feminist parenting? Is it something for all parents? What does it mean to be a feminist parent in practice? The collection aims to fill a gap on feminist parenting in the existing literature by bringing timely...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dieng, Rama Salla, 1986- (Editor ), O'Reilly, Andrea, 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bradford, Ontario : Demeter Press, 2020.
Edición:[International version].
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Feminist mothering journeys. Mothering Malaika : thoughts on feminist mothering
  • There is no one way to be a parent
  • Intuitive feminist parenting
  • Feminist parenting : a memoir in motion
  • Colouring outside the binary : challenging the imposition of gender binaries on toddlers
  • Becoming an African feminist parent
  • A Muslim feminist mother
  • Parenting across cultures, continents, and generations
  • "A young woman's voice does not break, it grows firmer"
  • Feminist parenting from the lens of a Muslim woman
  • Part II. Parenting is political : of feminist mothers' struggles and resistance. The necessity of rage and the politics of feminist parenting
  • Growing into motherhood
  • Thinking and practicing parenting : or how to do right by my child ... and me?
  • It takes a village, as long as you have one
  • Feminism, mothering, and choice
  • Feminist parenting : no rock, no egg!
  • Liberating one's self : healing and helping others do the same
  • "Just wait until they go to school" : autonomy, identity, and feminist parenting in an imperfect society
  • Sidestepping the patriarchy : creating in our children a critical feminist consciousness
  • Mother of two : reflections on love and loss
  • From dreams to action : creating my own happily ever after by choosing to adopt as a young single woman
  • Feminism and ecology : a complicated, questionable equation?
  • Why I have decided not to parent (and why I won't regret it)
  • Part III. Contributions from African feminist fathers and children. What my mom and my daughter taught me
  • Feminists opened my eyes
  • The struggling feminists
  • "Work hard for your little girl" and other dilemmas of feminist tightrope walkers
  • Lessons on feminist parenting from my nonfeminist mother
  • Afterword.