Backlash The Undeclared War Against American Women

Name: Backlash The Undeclared War Against American Women
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ISBN: 9780307345424

ISBN-10: 0307345424

ISBN-13: 9780307345424

Edition: 15th 2006

Authors: Susan Faludi

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Skillfully Probing the Attack on Women's Rights "Opting-out," "security moms," "desperate housewives," "the new baby fever"--the trend stories of 2006 leave no doubt that American women are still being barraged by the same backlash messages that Susan Faludi brilliantly exposed in her 1991 bestselling book of revelations. Now, the book that reignited the feminist movement is back in a fifteenth anniversary edition, with a new preface by the author that brings backlash consciousness up to date. When it was first published, "Backlash" made headlines for puncturing such favorite media myths as the "infertility epidemic" and the "man shortage," myths that defied statistical realities. These…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Edition: 15th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.17" long x 1.35" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition



Introduction: Blame It on Feminism



Myths and Flashbacks



Man Shortages and Barren Wombs: The Myths of the Backlash



Backlashes Then and Now



The Backlash in Popular Culture



The "Trends" of Antifeminism: The Media and the Backlash



Fatal and Fetal Visions: The Backlash in the Movies



Teen Angels and Unwed Witches: The Backlash on TV



Dressing the Dolls: The Fashion Backlash



Beauty and the Backlash



Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers



The Politics of Resentment: The New Right's War on Women



Ms. Smith Leaves Washington: The Backlash in National Politics



The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems


George Gilder: "America's Number-One Antifeminist"


Allan Bloom: A Refugee from the Feminist Occupation


Michael and Margarita Levin: Boys Don't Cook and Girls Don't Do Long Division


Warren Farrell: The Liberated Man Recants


Robert Bly: Turning "Yogurt Eaters" into "Wild Men"


Sylvia Ann Hewlett: The Neofeminist's Lesser Work


Betty Friedan: Revisionism as a Marketing Tool


Carol Gilligan: Different Voices or Victorian Echoes?



Backlashings: The Effects on Women's Minds, Jobs, and Bodies



It's All in Your Mind: Popular Psychology Joins the Backlash



The Wages of the Backlash: The Toll on Working Women



Reproductive Rights Under the Backlash: The Invasion of Women's Bodies


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index