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Backlash, the undeclared war against American women, Susan Faludi

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Backlash, the undeclared war against American women, Susan Faludi
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-562) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Backlash
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Susan Faludi
Sub title
the undeclared war against American women
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- 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
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