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Format: xxiv, 284 Seiten : , Illustrationen.

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 978-1-58005-919-0

Content: "Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless," "Sassy," "Ambitious," "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives--to say nothing of our moods.No one knows this better than Lizzie Skurnick, writer of the New York Times' column "That Should be A Word" and a veritable queen of cultural coinage. And in Pretty Bitches, Skurnick has rounded up a group of powerhouse women writers to take on the hidden meanings of these words, and how they can limit our worlds -- or liberate them. From Laura Lipmann and Meg Wolizer to Jennifer Weiner and Rebecca Traister, each writer uses her word as a vehicle for memoir, cultural commentary, critique, or all three. Spanning the street, the bedroom, the voting booth, and the workplace, these simple words have huge stories behind them -- stories it's time to examine, re-imagine, and change"--

Note: Too , Professional , Effortless , Princess , Ugly , Shrill , Lucky , Mom , Mature , Ambitious , Victim , Disciplined , Yellow-bone , Zaftig , Crazy , Small , Funny , Sweet , Nurturing , Pretty , Intimidating , Good , Tomboy , Aloof , Exotic , Fat , Feisty , Appendix: words you shouldn't call women "A definitive glossary"

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-58005-920-6

Language: English

Subjects: English Studies

Keywords: Essays

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xxxi, 284 Seiten.

ISBN: 978-1-5011-8179-5 , 978-1-5011-8181-8

Content: "From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies...whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country"...comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic...but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. With eloquence and fervor, Rebecca tracks the history of female anger as political fuel...from suffragettes chaining themselves to the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Here Traister explores women's anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is perceived based on its owner; as well as the history of caricaturing and delegitimizing female anger; and the way women's collective fury has become transformative political fuel...as is most certainly occurring today. She deconstructs society's (and the media's) condemnation of female emotion (notably, rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions. Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Traister's latest is timely and crucial. It offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women's collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history"...

Content: "From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies...whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country"...comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic...but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men"...

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-5011-8180-1

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: Frauenbewegung ; Protestbewegung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: XVI, 339 Seiten

ISBN: 9781476716565 , 9781476716572

Content: In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award­-finalist Rebecca Traister, "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" (Anne Lamott), traces the history of unmarried women in America who, through social, political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation. For legions of women, living single isn't news; it's life. In 2009, the award-winning journalist Rebecca Traister started All the Single Ladies--a book she thought would be a work of contemporary journalism--about the twenty-first century phenomenon of the American single woman. It was the year the proportion of American women who were married dropped below fifty percent; and the median age of first marriages, which had remained between twenty and twenty-two years old for nearly a century (1890-1980), had risen dramatically to twenty-seven. But over the course of her vast research and more than a hundred interviews with academics and social scientists and prominent single women, Traister discovered a startling truth: the phenomenon of the single woman in America is not a new one. And historically, when women were given options beyond early heterosexual marriage, the results were massive social change--temperance, abolition, secondary education, and more. Today, only twenty percent of Americans are wed by age twenty-nine, compared to nearly sixty percent in 1960. The Population Reference Bureau calls it a "dramatic reversal." All the Single Ladies is a remarkable portrait of contemporary American life and how we got here, through the lens of the single American woman. Covering class, race, sexual orientation, and filled with vivid anecdotes from fascinating contemporary and historical figures, All the Single Ladies is destined to be a classic work of social history and journalism. Exhaustively researched, brilliantly balanced, and told with Traister's signature wit and insight, this book should be shelved alongside Gail Collins's When Everything Changed.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781476716589

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology , Sociology

Keywords: USA ; Alleinstehende Frau ; Politik ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte 1850-2010 ; USA ; Alleinstehende Frau ; Politik ; Gesellschaft ; Geschichte 1850-2010

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xxxi, 284 Seiten , 24 cm

Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition

ISBN: 9781501181795 , 9781501181818

Content: "From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies--whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country"--comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic--but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. With eloquence and fervor, Rebecca tracks the history of female anger as political fuel--from suffragettes chaining themselves to the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Here Traister explores women's anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is perceived based on its owner; as well as the history of caricaturing and delegitimizing female anger; and the way women's collective fury has become transformative political fuel--as is most certainly occurring today. She deconstructs society's (and the media's) condemnation of female emotion (notably, rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions. Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Traister's latest is timely and crucial. It offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women's collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history"--

Note: Illustrations on endpapers , Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-271. Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501181801

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-5011-8180-1

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: USA ; Frauenbewegung ; Protestbewegung

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Format: xxxv, 284 Seiten

Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition

ISBN: 9781501181795 , 9781501181818

Content: "From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies--whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country"--comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. In the year 2018, it seems as if women's anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalytic--but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. With eloquence and fervor, Rebecca tracks the history of female anger as political fuel--from suffragettes chaining themselves to the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Here Traister explores women's anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is perceived based on its owner; as well as the history of caricaturing and delegitimizing female anger; and the way women's collective fury has become transformative political fuel--as is most certainly occurring today. She deconstructs society's (and the media's) condemnation of female emotion (notably, rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions. Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Traister's latest is timely and crucial. It offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women's collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history"--

Note: Illustrations on endpapers , Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-271. - Index: Seite 273-284

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501181801

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: USA ; Frauenbewegung ; Protestbewegung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 336 S.

Edition: 1. ed.

ISBN: 978-1-439-15028-3 , 978-1-4391-5487-8

Language: English

URL: 13

URL: 80

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis