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| Document Type: | Book |
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Stephanie Staal |
| ISBN: | 9781586488727 1586488724 |
| OCLC Number: | 663445531 |
| Description: | x, 275 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Discovery. Understanding backwards -- Revisiting feminism -- Day one -- Adam, Eve, and the serpent -- Natural woman, unnatural world -- You can run, but you can't hide -- Destiny. Perpetua -- Rewriting motherhood -- A vindication of the rights of woman -- Marital destiny -- The awakening -- Coming home -- Divisions. A room of one's own -- The second sex -- The feminine mystique -- Daughter of the revolution -- Who has time for "happy"? -- The dialectic of sex -- How does a feminist do laundry? -- I want a wife -- Sexual politics -- Object lesson -- Desire. Fear of flying -- Dora -- In a different voice -- The morning after -- Gender trouble -- Riverbend girl blog -- Living forwards. |
| Responsibility: | Stephanie Staal. |
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<p>J. Courtney Sullivan<br>"If you could enroll in your favorite Women's Studies class again ten years after graduation, armed with everything you know about the complexities and compromises of adult life, what would you make of the feminist ideals you once held dear? That's exactly what Staal endeavors to find out in this brave and compelling book, which is one part memoir, one part astute literary analysis. As she struggles to make sense of love, life, marriage, and motherhood on her own terms, the author traces the history of women's words over centuries--from Mary Wollstonecraft and Virginia Woolf to Erica Jong and Katie Roiphe. I cherished every page."Debora Spar, president of Barnard College<br> "A swift, enchanting, and informative sweep through the feminist canon." Katie Crouch""Reading Women" is terrific. Stephanie Staal's exploration of the great texts of the women who have walked before us is fresh, funny, and a wise reminder that now, more than ever, we need to feed the feminist within." "Booklist," February 15, 2011<br>"Intimate in its reflections and keenly perceptive on a larger scale, Staal's erudite literary memoir refreshingly embraces women's eternal quest for self-knowledge." "MarieClaire.com," February 28, 2011<br>"Staal's metaphorical prose not only enforces the importance of reading but also sheds light on the relevance of re-reading. Her pages reach the feminist in everyone and show how retaking the course connected the dots on the woman she was and the woman she became."<p> "Feministing blog," March 9, 2011""Reading Women" felt like having an intimate conversation with a good friend.... I found myself frequently stunned at Staal's beautiful, rhythmic language, her capacity to use totally original words to describe something I have read about a thousand times." <p>"Bitch," Spring 2011"[Staal's] a good storyteller, and her competently narrated journey will appeal to book lovers and former women's studies majors who believe in the power of t Read more...
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