The Resource Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage, Becky Thompson
Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage, Becky Thompson
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The item Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage, Becky Thompson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, changing both of their lives forever. Mothering without a Compass is the story of Thompson's first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank and the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her experience with antiracist, multicultural parenting." "Mothering without a Compass relates a lesbian parent's struggle to help her child grow up and describes the complexities facing children who have more than one family."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Contents
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- Put my head in her hands, our two heads together; Witness to the telling; Limb from limb; Telling, not telling, still hurting; What part of the story do I tell?; Heart on the table, in my hands; In the age of no innocence; Lost time, in time, on time, with time; In the gaze, in the tone of the voice; Much of the script, already written; Father love; Mother love; Sex education in the 1990s; So grown; Sand beneath my feet, the tide takes its turn; Acknowledgments; Notes
- Isbn
- 9780816636365
- Label
- Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage
- Title
- Mothering without a compass
- Title remainder
- white mother's love, Black son's courage
- Statement of responsibility
- Becky Thompson
- Subject
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- African American young men -- Family relationships
- Children of gay parents -- Family relationships
- Children of gay parents -- Family relationships -- United States
- Electronic books
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting | Motherhood
- Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships
- African American young men -- Family relationships
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- United States
- Women, White -- Family relationships -- United States
- Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Family relationships
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1997, Becky Thompson began parenting nine-year-old Adrian at the request of his mother, changing both of their lives forever. Mothering without a Compass is the story of Thompson's first year as the white lesbian "sudden-mother" of an African American boy. From the everyday yet sometimes overwhelming tasks of finding Adrian a school and debating the significance of action figures, to unexpected discussions about who pays whom at the sperm bank and the more complicated matters of racism, sexuality, nontraditional families, open adoption, love, and loss, Thompson gives us an absorbing and often humorous account of her experience with antiracist, multicultural parenting." "Mothering without a Compass relates a lesbian parent's struggle to help her child grow up and describes the complexities facing children who have more than one family."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- IOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thompson, Becky W
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lesbian mothers
- Women, White
- African American young men
- Children of gay parents
- Mothers and sons
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- African American young men
- Children of gay parents
- Lesbian mothers
- Mothers and sons
- United States
- Label
- Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage, Becky Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Put my head in her hands, our two heads together; Witness to the telling; Limb from limb; Telling, not telling, still hurting; What part of the story do I tell?; Heart on the table, in my hands; In the age of no innocence; Lost time, in time, on time, with time; In the gaze, in the tone of the voice; Much of the script, already written; Father love; Mother love; Sex education in the 1990s; So grown; Sand beneath my feet, the tide takes its turn; Acknowledgments; Notes
- Control code
- ocn232159849
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816636365
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttp45k1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)232159849
- Label
- Mothering without a compass : white mother's love, Black son's courage, Becky Thompson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-168)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Put my head in her hands, our two heads together; Witness to the telling; Limb from limb; Telling, not telling, still hurting; What part of the story do I tell?; Heart on the table, in my hands; In the age of no innocence; Lost time, in time, on time, with time; In the gaze, in the tone of the voice; Much of the script, already written; Father love; Mother love; Sex education in the 1990s; So grown; Sand beneath my feet, the tide takes its turn; Acknowledgments; Notes
- Control code
- ocn232159849
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780816636365
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttp45k1
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)232159849
Subject
- African American young men -- Family relationships
- Children of gay parents -- Family relationships
- Children of gay parents -- Family relationships -- United States
- Electronic books
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting | Motherhood
- Lesbian mothers -- Family relationships
- African American young men -- Family relationships
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- United States
- Women, White -- Family relationships -- United States
- Lesbian mothers -- United States -- Family relationships
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