1st Edition
An Autoethnography of African American Motherhood Things I Tell My Daughter
Foreword
- Introduction
- Black Girl Expectations
- Book Learnings
- Strikethrough
- Who’s Your Mother?
- Crazy Aunts
- Puberty and Other Struggles
- Reflections
Biography
Renata Harden Ferdinand is currently Acting Chair of the Department of African American Studies at New York City College of Technology, USA. She is the recipient of the 2018 Ellis-Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award from The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI), affiliate of the National Communication Association, for best published essay.
"The very crux of the matter—the bone, the breadth, the soul of Ferdinand’s book— is that every Black woman is part of the great tapestry of stories that existed before her. That we must, without question, learn and relearn ourselves by having a simultaneous, multi-generational conversation with the Black women who raised us, those who inspired us, those who have hurt us, and those we seek to love and nurture. Renata Ferdinand’s Things I Tell My Daughter is a brilliantly written, joyful and humorous endeavor—one that reimagines, unapologetically, the power of having a "dangerous Black body" that knows its worth. It is masterfully done. Quite simply, it is the book that we need right now."
Monique Ferrell is an award-winning writer, whose work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and received honors from the Black Caucus of The American Library Association (BCALA).
