Black Dove by Ana Castillo

Mama, Mi’jo, and Me

Great, 5 stars

'In this collection of essays, Ana Castillo examines what it means to be a single, brown, feminist parent in a world of mass incarceration, racial profiling, and police brutality. Castillo writes about intergenerational stories from Mexico City to Chicago, and she narrates some of America's social injustices through the lens of motherhood'--

Details

ISBN9781558619234
Copyright Date2016
Publication DateMay 2016
PublisherFeminist Press at CUNY
FormatPaperback
No. of Pages350
LanguageEnglish
NotesLambda Literary Award Winner, Bisexual Nonfiction
RatingGreat
GenreAutobiography/Biography; Award Winner; Chicana/Latina/Latinx Interest
SubjectAUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage; AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & FAMILY & Mexican American Families - Biography; Mexican American Women Authors - Biography; Mexican Americans - Social Conditions; Mothers And Daughters - Biography. - United States; RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood; RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Single Parent