From Publishers Weekly
For outspoken feminist Dworkin, pornography, prostitution, incest, wife-beating and rape are the most visible signs of men's need to control and do violence to women. Contempt for women, she asserts, is the bedrock of our male-supremacist culture, and in these 37 impassioned, often angry essays, speeches and reviews from the last decade or so, the author of Women Hating and Intercourse is confrontational and thought-provoking. Included are feminist appreciations of Tennessee Williams's plays, of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights , and of the novels of Jean Rhys; an interview with Margaret Papandreou, American-born wife of the Greek prime minister, and a piece on oppression of women in the Middle East lend an international perspective. But mostly, Dworkin sticks close to home, analyzing the subordination of women in marriage and the workplace, and waging a battle against civil libertarians who oppose restrictions on pornography.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Dworkin is a prominent and controversial feminist political theorist. This compilation of her writings from 1976 to 1987 contains speeches, literary criticism, and her testimony before the Attorney General's Commission on Pornography. Present throughout are the themes of women dominated and silenced by men, of anger and powerlessness in a male society, and of the danger of a doctrine of biological superiority. Dworkin's zealous opposition to pornography is well documented here, as are her problems in getting published because of her militant anti-male stance. There are definite notes of pride and self-pity in this book, but Dworkin's dedication to her cause cannot be questioned. This book will be released simultaneously with a paperback reprint of Pornography ( LJ 6/1/81). Both books are recommended for all collections.
- Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
