Autoethnography of African American Motherhood - Things I Tell My Daughter

This is the first full-length explicitly identified autoethnographic text on African American motherhood. It shows the lived experiences of Black motherhood, when mothering is shaped by race, gender and class, and mothers must navigate not only their own, but also their children's positions in society.

List of contents

Foreword

1. Introduction


2. Black Girl Expectations


3. Book Learnings


4. Strikethrough


5. Who’s Your Mother?


6. Crazy Aunts


7. Puberty and Other Struggles


8. Reflections

About the author

Renata Harden Ferdinand is currently Acting Chair of the Department of African American Studies at New York City College of Technology, USA. She is the recipient of the 2018 Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award from The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI), affiliate of the National Communication Association, for best published essay.

Summary

This is the first full-length explicitly identified autoethnographic text on African American motherhood. It shows the lived experiences of Black motherhood, when mothering is shaped by race, gender and class, and mothers must navigate not only their own, but also their children's positions in society.

Product details

• Authors: Renata Ferdinand, Renata Harden Ferdinand
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780367422318
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42231-8
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, REFERENCE / Research, Gender studies, gender groups, Research methods: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Research methods / methodology