Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and

Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom

A warm, smart, and witty personal investigation of ethnicity and womanhood.
In the second-generation immigrant home where Maria Laurino grew up, â€œindependentâ€ was a dirty word and â€œsacrificeâ€ was the ideal and reality of motherhood. But out in the world, Mary Tyler Moore was throwing her hat in the air, personifying the excitement and opportunities of the freedom loving American career woman. How, then, to reconcile oneâ€™s inner Livia Sopranoâ€•the archetypal ethnic motherâ€•with a feminist icon?Combining lived experience with research and reporting on our contemporary work-family dilemmas, Laurino brews an unusual and affirming blend of contemporary and traditional values. No other book has attempted to discuss feminism through the prism of ethnic identity, or to merge the personal and the analytical with such a passionate and intelligent literary voice. Prizing both individual freedom and an Old World in which the dependent young and old are cherished, Laurino makes clear how much the New World offers and how much it has yet to learn.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0393057283_used
ReleaseDate 2009-04-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393057287

Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom