Hannah Zeavin

Tues, May 6 • 7:00 PM
City Lights Bookstore

About this event

City Lights and The MIT Press present Hannah Zeavin discussing her new book Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century – published by The MIT Press. This event will be held onsite at City Lights and also broadcast on Zoom, with registration required for virtual attendance. Zeavin, who is an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, explores the history and implications of parenting in the context of media and technology, addressing how motherhood has been transformed through the ages.

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