Tiger Babies Strike Back: How I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom but Could Not Be Turned to the Dark Side
Autor Kim Wong Keltneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 apr 2013
Keltner, the author of the novels Buddha Baby and I Want Candy, mines her own past in an attempt to dispel the myth that all Chinese women are Tiger Mothers. Keltner strikes back at Chua’s argument through topics, including “East Meets West in the Board Room and the Bedroom,” and “I Was Raised by a Tiger Mom and All I Got Was this Lousy T-Shirt: A Rebuttal to Chua.”
Through personal anecdotes and tough-love advice, Keltner’s witty and forthright opinions evoke an Asian-American Sex and the City, while showing how our families shape our personal worlds.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062229298
ISBN-10: 006222929X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 006222929X
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
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Kim Wong Keltner is a Tiger Baby all grown up with a daughter of her own . . . but is she a Tiger Mother? Heck, no. This book describes—in hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking, detail—exactly why not.
A battle hymn for every non-Tiger offspring of Tiger parents, Tiger Babies Strike Back examines why generations of kids have been made to feel inferior, isolated, suffocated, and humiliated in dogged pursuit of one goal: making their elders look good. In search of answers, Keltner delves into her own childhood, family history, and community traditions to expose the seamy underbelly of perfectionistic parenting. Can the Tiger-parented take back their emotional lives and love their own kids unconditionally? Keltner herself is living, hugging, fabulously flawed, Care Bear tea-party-throwing proof that they can.
Traversing the choppy seas of American and Chinese traditions, Keltner dives into the difficulties facing women today—Chinese American and otherwise. At once deeply relevant and playfully honest, Tiger Babies Strike Back combines personal anecdotes and tough love advice for a humorous, provocative look at how our families shape—and sometimes shake—our personal foundations.
A battle hymn for every non-Tiger offspring of Tiger parents, Tiger Babies Strike Back examines why generations of kids have been made to feel inferior, isolated, suffocated, and humiliated in dogged pursuit of one goal: making their elders look good. In search of answers, Keltner delves into her own childhood, family history, and community traditions to expose the seamy underbelly of perfectionistic parenting. Can the Tiger-parented take back their emotional lives and love their own kids unconditionally? Keltner herself is living, hugging, fabulously flawed, Care Bear tea-party-throwing proof that they can.
Traversing the choppy seas of American and Chinese traditions, Keltner dives into the difficulties facing women today—Chinese American and otherwise. At once deeply relevant and playfully honest, Tiger Babies Strike Back combines personal anecdotes and tough love advice for a humorous, provocative look at how our families shape—and sometimes shake—our personal foundations.
Recenzii
“The author writes with compassion, humor, love and anger about her mother’s combination of tough love and high expectations…A quirky reflection on the modern immigrant experience and hyphenated ethnicity in America.” — Kirkus Reviews
“An inspiring take on mothering -- and daughtering. The book is smart, creative, and thought-provoking.” — Linda Small, author of Wimpy Parents: How Not to Raise a Brat
“A sort of Asian American Sex in the City...like meeting someone who voices thoughts or experiences that you presumed were wholly yours...cynically humorous and genuinely touching...Keltner’s wry sens of humor leaps off every page.” — generationrice
“Full of feisty humor. . . . Smart and sassy.” — USA Today
It’s awesome to find such deep truth that makes you laugh this hard. — Beth Lisick, author of Everybody Into the Pool
“An inspiring take on mothering -- and daughtering. The book is smart, creative, and thought-provoking.” — Linda Small, author of Wimpy Parents: How Not to Raise a Brat
“A sort of Asian American Sex in the City...like meeting someone who voices thoughts or experiences that you presumed were wholly yours...cynically humorous and genuinely touching...Keltner’s wry sens of humor leaps off every page.” — generationrice
“Full of feisty humor. . . . Smart and sassy.” — USA Today
It’s awesome to find such deep truth that makes you laugh this hard. — Beth Lisick, author of Everybody Into the Pool