Not Tiger Moms

Available from Nook & Cranny Books when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Reframing the cultural narrative of Asian American motherhood—through these mothers' own voices and experiences. The high stakes of motherhood today go beyond who qualifies as a good or bad mother, to who belongs and who is other . For Asian American mothers, these judgments have often been shaped by the enduring stereotype of the strict, academically driven "tiger mother." In Not Tiger Moms , Miliann Kang explores the racist, xenophobic roots of this trope and how it undermines Asian American m