A Letter to my Daughter, Michele: in response to her book, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman Contributor(s): Ringgold, Faith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517572665 ISBN-13: 9781517572662 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | American - African American |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 8.5" W x 11" (0.70 lbs) 92 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: There has been a deafening silence around this book since I wrote it in 1980, 35 years ago. Why is Mother not allowed the freedom of speech to critique daughter? Is daughter perfect or is it Mother who is undeniably flawed? Lets find out why Daughter can critique Mother but Mother must and has maintained a deafening silence? Why is this? What is this? - Faith Ringgold A Letter to My Daughter, Michele, is a mother's truth about her daughter's version of Feminism in the pages of, Black Macho and the Myth of the Super Woman by Michele Wallace, 1979. Faith Ringgold analyses, reviews and criticizes her daughters best selling book line by line and calls out the 70's feminist rhetoric, generalities, stereotypes and lies. |