The Female Thing by Laura Kipnis
From the author of the acclaimed Against Love comes a pointed, audacious, and witty examination of the state of the female psyche in the post-post-feminist world of the twenty-first century.Women remain caught between feminism and femininity, between self-affirmation and an endless quest for self-improvement, between playing an injured party and claiming independence. Rather than blaming the usual suspects-men, the media-Kipnis takes a hard look at culprits closer to home, namely women themselves. Kipnis serves up the gory details of the mutual displeasure between men and women in painfully hilarious detail. Is anatomy destiny after all? An ambitious and original reassessment of feminism and women's ambivalence about it, The Female Thing breathes provocative new life into that age-old question.Laura Kipnis is a media studies professor at Northwestern University. The Guggenheim Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts have all given her fellowships and grants. She has written numerous essays and articles on sexual politics and current culture, both in the United States and internationally.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307275776 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307275779 |
| Title | The Female Thing |
| Author | Laura Kipnis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-10-09 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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