Angela Garbes
Auteur de Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
A propos de l'auteur
Angela Garbe's writing has appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine's "The Cut," and featured on NPR's Fresh Air. She was a staff writer at the Seattle newsweekly The Stranger. Garbes grew up in a food-obsessed immigrant Filipino household and now lives in Seattle with her husband and afficher plus daughters. afficher moins
Œuvres de Angela Garbes
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy (2018) 153 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 (The Best American Series ®) (2019) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
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It's clear Garbes did a lot of background reading in order to write this book. There are lots of quotes from other writers and interesting history tidbits. I really enjoyed this aspect of the book. For example, in the early 1980s Angela Davis "argued that housework should no longer be private. She envisioned the industrialization of housework: 'teams of trained and well-paid workers, moving from dwelling to dwelling...'" Fascinating! Also in 1975 women in Iceland staged a strike and "brought Iceland's economy to its knees."
In later chapters, the book lost some oomph for me. Still, I look forward to reading more of Garbes' work in the future. I like where she's going.… (plus d'informations)