A Letter to my Daughter, Michele: in response to her book, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman by Faith Ringgold

 A Letter to my Daughter, Michele: in response to her book, Black Macho 

and the Myth of the Superwoman 

by Faith Ringgold

About the Author:

Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist. She is best known for her 'painted story quilts,' some of which hang in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Tar Beach, RinggoldÕs first book for children, won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Ringgold is now a professor of art at the University of California at San Diego. She lives in California and in New Jersey.

Book Summary:

"There has been a deafening silence around this book since I wrote it in 1980, 35 years ago. Why is Mother not allowed the freedom of speech to critique daughter? Is daughter perfect or is it Mother who is undeniably flawed? Lets find out why Daughter can critique Mother but Mother must and has maintained a deafening silence? Why is this? What is this? - Faith Ringgold A Letter to My Daughter, Michele, is a mother’s truth about her daughter’s version of Feminism in the pages of, Black Macho and the Myth of the Super Woman by Michele Wallace, 1979. Faith Ringgold analyses, reviews and criticizes her daughters best selling book line by line and calls out the 70’s feminist rhetoric, generalities, stereotypes and lies."

Review:

"Mother, Daughter, Feminism

This is a very powerful book. Read in conjunction with Michele Wallace's Black Macho and the Myth of Superwoman, it constitutes a rare example of the kind of dialogue women should be having across generations about the different but compatible ways they see the condition and challenges of women. I particularly appreciated the definition of feminism: women learning to trust other women; and Faith's comments on the seductive power of "the pedestal." And yes, the chance to see Faith's art in this context -- most importantly her White People series, which I didn't know about before -- is a very important dimension. Finally, this book reminds us that mother/daughter relations may not be the easiest of bonds but they certainly are the most powerful and important."

- Ellen C. Dubois (Amazon.com)

Source: 

https://www.amazon.com/Letter-Daughter-Michele-response-Superwoman/dp/1517572665