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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

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ISBN13: 9780385425070
ISBN10: 0385425074
Condition: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle award  for nonfiction, this controversial,  thought-provoking, and timely book is "as groundbreaking as  Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex  and Betty Friedan's The Feminine  Mystique." — Newsweek.

Book News Annotation:

Reprint of the Crown Publishers edition of 1991. Unaugmented.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Review:

"The backlash against women is real. This is the  book we need to help us understand it, to struggle  through the battle fatigue, and to keep going."  -- Alice Walker.

"Withering commentary...  This eloquent, brilliantly argued book should be read  by everyone concerned with gender equality."  -- Publishers Weekly.

"Backlash is the right book at exactly the right  time... This trenchant, passoinate, and lively book  should be an eye-opener even for feminists who  thought they understood what has been going on." --  Los Angeles Times Book Review

Review:

"Withering commentary... This eloquent, brilliantly argued book should be read by everyone concerned with gender equality." — Publishers Weekly.

Synopsis:

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle award for nonfiction, this controversial, thought-provoking, and timely book is as groundbreaking as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, — Newsweek,

Synopsis:

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle award  for nonfiction, this controversial,  thought-provoking, and timely book is "as groundbreaking as  Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex  and Betty Friedan's The Feminine  Mystique." — Newsweek.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-542) and index.

About the Author

A former Wall Street Journal reporter, Susan Faludi won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 for explanatory journalism and the National Book Critics’ Circle award for Backlash. She is the author of Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, which was published in 1999, and has written for many publications, including The New Yorker, The Nation, Newsweek, and the New York Times.

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I'm 14 and I read this book for English. It's an amazing truth told in an amazing way by an amazing woman.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780385425070
Author:
Faludi, Susan
Publisher:
Random House
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Social Psychology
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Public opinion
Subject:
Feminism & Feminist Theory
Subject:
Gender Studies
Subject:
Feminism
Subject:
Minority group studies
Subject:
Women -- Psychology.
Subject:
Feminism -- United States -- Public opinion.
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Anchor Books ed.
Series Volume:
v. 269
Publication Date:
September 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
576
Dimensions:
8.16x5.18x1.28 in. .96 lbs.

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