Mothers, fathers, and others : essays / Siri Hustvedt.
| Author/creator | Hustvedt, Siri author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York : Simon & Schuster, [2021] |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | x, 285 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Tillie. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri My mother's ocean and how it became mine. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Stones and ashes. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Walk with my mother. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri States of mind. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Mentor ghosts. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Open borders. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Notes from New York. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri Reading during the plague. |
| Included Work | Container of (work): Hustvedt, Siri When I met you I saw myself as another. |
| Uniform title | Essays. Selections |
| Contents | Tillie -- My mother's ocean and how it became mine -- Stones and ashes -- A walk with my mother -- States of mind -- Mentor ghosts -- Open borders -- Notes from New York -- Reading during the plague -- When I met you I saw myself as another -- The future of literature -- Translation stories -- The sinbad variations -- He dropped his pen -- The enigma of reading -- Living thing -- Visiting St. Francis -- Both-and -- What does a man want? -- Scapegoat. |
| Abstract | In this essay collection in which feminist philosophy meets family memoir, the novelist and scholar moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother, and daughter to connect mothers to the broader meanings of maternity in a culture shaped by misogyny and fantasies of paternal authority. |
| Genre/form | essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| Genre/form | Essais. |
| ISBN | 9781982176396 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1982176393 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3558 .U813 A6 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |