Mothers & sons : feminism, masculinity, and the struggle to raise our sons / Mothers and sons edited by Andrea O'Reilly. - viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mothering and Motherhood -- Who are we this Time? An Excerpt from American Mom -- Mothering Sons with Special Needs: On Peacemaker's Challenge -- Masculinity, Matriarchy, and Myth: A Black Feminist Perspective -- Mothers, Sons, and the Art of Peacebuilding -- In Black and White: Anglo-American and African-American Perspectives on Mothers and Sons -- Men and Masculinities -- Swimming Against the Tide: Feminist's Accounts of Mothering Sons -- Feminist Academic Mothers' Influences on their Sons' Masculinity -- Lesbians Raising Sons: Bringing Up a New Breed of Men -- Can Boys Grow into Mothers? Maternal Thinking and Fathers' Reflections -- Mothers and Sons: Connections and Disconnections -- Raising Relational Boys -- Attachment and Loss -- Mother-Son Relationships in the Shadow of War -- This is Leave-Taking: Mothers, Signatures, and Countermemory -- List of Contributors -- Index. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. III. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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Mothers and sons
Feminism.
Sex role

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