4. Kim, Ellen, and Zack's Big Adventure
Lesbian Mothers Raising a Boy Steeped in His Masculinity
- Sheila Lintott Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324525.ch4
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone
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How to Cite
Anno, K. (2010) Kim, Ellen, and Zack's Big Adventure, in Motherhood - Philosophy for Everyone (ed S. Lintott), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324525.ch4
Editor Information
Bucknell University, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
- Published Print: 24 SEP 2010
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Book Series Editors:
- Fritz Allhoff
Series Editor Information
Western Michigan University, USA
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444330281
Online ISBN: 9781444324525
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- Kim, Ellen, and Zack's Big Adventure - lesbian mothers raising a boy steeped in masculinity;
- foster family being elastic, fun, and experimental - than the one, one grew up in;
- Zack's sensitivity - aware of his femininity in his friends of both genders, in varying degrees;
- Zack's friend at preschool - son of an artist, driven to draw anything and everything he could;
- gay people - rejecting notions, that we are exactly like our heterosexual counterparts as parents;
- most black males, bombarded in early childhood - that they are inhabiting an all-powerful universe;
- African-American son, and the racism specter - much more overwhelming;
- males of his Depression era generation - a deafening silence, on virtually all issues;
- societal and political forces - undeniable and overwhelming at times, and force of biology
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Zack's Sensitivity
Zack's Race
Zack's Desire
Zack's Violence
Music
Conclusion
Notes