Fifty Shades of Feminism
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2016
Summary
Half a century after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink?
In this volume, fifty women young and old - writers, politicians, actors, scientists, mothers - reflect on the shades that inspired them and what being woman means to them today. Contributors include: Margaret Atwood, Joan Bakewell,…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349008448 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349008442 |
| Author: | Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, Rachel Holmes |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 169mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Every contributor could silence a Twitter brigade of #IDontNeedFeminism in her sleep … insightful, broad and engaging– Drafted
Every contributor could silence a Twitter brigade of #IDontNeedFeminism in her sleep … insightful, broad and engaging * Drafted *
About The Author
Lisa Appignanesi
Editors: Lisa Appignanesi is a novelist, cultural commentator and the award-winning author of Mad, Bad and Sad, Women and the Mind Doctors, among many nonfiction books. She is a Visiting Professor in Literature and the Medical Humanities at King’s College London
Rachel Holmes was the Director of Literature & Spoken Word at London’s Southbank Centre. Writer, activist, programmer & teacher, she is currently working on a biography of Eleanor Marx.Susie Orbach is a psychotherapist and activist, renowned for her work on the female mind and body. Her iconic Fat is a Feminist Issue has been followed by many ground-breaking books, the most recent is Bodies.Returns
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