{"product_id":"not-tiger-moms-reimagining-asian-american-motherhood-hardcover","title":"Not Tiger Moms: Reimagining Asian American Motherhood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiliann Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReframing the cultural narrative of Asian American motherhood--through these mothers' own voices and experiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe high stakes of motherhood today go beyond who qualifies as a good or bad mother, to who belongs and who is \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e. For Asian American mothers, these judgments have often been shaped by the enduring stereotype of the strict, academically driven \"tiger mother.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNot Tiger Moms\u003c\/i\u003e, Miliann Kang explores the racist, xenophobic roots of this trope and how it undermines Asian American mothers, silencing their voices and inhibiting their connections to their children, to each other, and to other mothers, including their own. Through deeply personal and candid interviews, Asian American mothers who were born or grew up predominantly in the United States share stories that upend perceptions of them as both model minority reproducers and foreign threats. Instead, they chart new pathways to and through motherhood, imagining more expansive possibilities not only for Asian American mothers, but for all mothers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Miliann Kang's 'matritropes' bring the clarity of understanding racially diverse mothering to light. In her detailed description of the lives of Asian American mothers struggling within and outside the 'tiger mom' narrative, Kang deftly addresses not only the othering that happens to racial 'others' as mothers but also the othering that happens to \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e mothers as issues of production, reproduction, and citizenship get recirculated and reinterpreted in the United States and abroad. Recognizing the racial hierarchy that Asian American moms and their children benefit from and reproduce, Kang challenges us all to 'imagine motherwise, ' as she says, so that those who choose to mother are supported and valued in their own right.\"--Rich? J. Daniel Barnes, author of \u003ci\u003eRaising the Race: Black Career Women Redefine Marriage, Motherhood and Community\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kang takes on the 'Asian American mother' as a social category through analysis that unites both the construction of 'othering' and the experiences of second-generation Asian American mothers who must negotiate this classification. This book refuses to recoil from illustrating the fraught ambitions, contradictions, and even cruelties that motherhood enacts, dispelling impossible ideals in its willingness to tell hard (yet necessary) stories.\"--Lisa Sun-Hee Park, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Net: The Hidden System of Migrant Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When racial stereotypes overlay gender stereotypes, Asian American mothers get caught in a pinch. Kang brilliantly deconstructs the cultural contradictions of competing demands for excellence in every domain.\"--Nancy Folbre, author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Care Work: Why Our Economy Should Put People First\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNot Tiger Moms \u003c\/i\u003eshows how understanding motherhood advances our understanding of Asian America. Kang is a caring carrier of these women's stories, conveyed through excellent scholarship and feminist methodology. They are written \u003ci\u003efor, \u003c\/i\u003enot simply written about\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eI don't know any other text that does this for Asian American women.\"--Pawan Dhingra, author of \u003ci\u003eHyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this insightful, important, and beautifully written book, Kang challenges 'tiger mother' tropes by highlighting differences and commonalities among Asian American mothers. A triumph!\"--Joya Misra, author of \u003ci\u003eWalking Mannequins: How Race and Gender Inequalities Shape Retail Clothing Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiliann Kang \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56371141345585,"sku":"9780520356283","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/9532\/7537\/files\/L9ILoaIs0k9780520356283.webp?v=1789793579","url":"https:\/\/mitchellofficial.com\/products\/not-tiger-moms-reimagining-asian-american-motherhood-hardcover","provider":"MITCHELL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}