Description |
xxii, 406 pages ; 21 cm |
Contents |
Life Between the Lines -- I Was a Playboy Bunny -- Campaigning -- Sisterhood -- College Reunion -- Ruth's Song (Because She Could Not Sing It) -- Words and Change -- In Praise of Women's Bodies -- The Importance of Work -- The Time Factor -- Men and Women Talking -- The Politics of Food -- Networking -- Transsexualism -- Why Young Women Are More Conservative -- Erotica vs. Pornography -- Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Who Died Too Soon -- Patricia Nixon Flying -- The Real Linda Lovelace -- Jackie Reconsidered -- Alice Walker: Do You Know This Woman? She Knows You -- Houston and History -- The International Crime of Genital Mutilation -- Rx Fantasies: For Temporary Relief of Pain Due to Injustice -- If Hitler Were Alive, Whose Side Would He Be On? -- Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher -- If Men Could Menstruate -- Far from the Opposite Shore |
Summary |
This phenomenally successful book, which has sold nearly a half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, is Gloria Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays |
Analysis |
Feminism United States |
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Feminists Biography United States |
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Steinem, Gloria |
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Steinem, Gloria |
Notes |
"An owl book." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page xxi-xxii) and index |
Subject |
Steinem, Gloria.
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Constructivism (Psychology)
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Feminism -- United States.
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Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
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Narrative therapy.
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Personal construct therapy.
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Postmodernism -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychotherapy -- Philosophy.
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Author |
Neimeyer, Robert A., 1954-
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Raskin, Jonathan D.
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LC no. |
95031711 |
ISBN |
0805042024 (acid-free paper) |
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