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The Public Woman
Author(s): Joan Smith (Author)
- Publisher: The Westbourne Press
- Publication Date: 13 May 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908906049
- ISBN-13: 9781908906045
Book Description
How are women supposed to make sense of the world today?
Women have never had more freedom yet questions of inequality persist from the bedroom to the workplace. A quarter of a century after the publication of her seminal text
Misogynies, Joan Smith looks at what women have achieved – and the price they’ve paid for it.From Amy Winehouse to Pussy Riot, from the veil to domestic violence, a war is being fought over women’s bodies and minds. Smith shows how misogyny has assumed new and dangerous forms as we confront an economic, social and religious backlash.
But that’s only part of the story. The female eunuch has become the public woman, and she isn’t going to go quietly. Written with wit and passion, this forensic analysis sets out what we’re up against – and how to fight back.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Brilliant … A compelling rap sheet of 21st century misogynies and a reprimand to anyone who declares the battle for gender equality is over.’
Robin Ince‘In a discussion of Amy Winehouse, the significance of the veil, the career of Rebekah Brooks and the ignominious trial of Amanda Knox,
The Public Woman reveals itself as a clear-sighted, focused précis of the state of female rights. Collected together, Smith’s essays deliver a sharp-eyed view of female rights, which, she argues forcibly, are simply human rights.’ Sunday Times‘A respected heavy-hitter in the feminist arena … Smith makes one realise the way that serious and important rights that most of us take for granted are distorted or marginalised for a large and alarming number of women and she writes well enough to make you stick with this seriously important book.’
Katharine Whitehorn, Observer‘Joan Smith is a one woman campaign, and this relevant and disturbing book is a call to arms-so bring it on.’
Frances Wilson, Literary Review‘A red-hot account of what it means to be a woman today. From Katie Price to Kate Middleton, female genital mutilation to female members of parliament, the demise of Amy Winehouse to the imprisonment of Pussy Riot, Smith explores the many aspects of women s public lives including in the media and social media.’ —
Bernadine Evaristo, Metro“A red-hot account of what it means to be a woman today. From Katie Price to Kate Middleton, female genital mutilation to female members of parliament, the demise of Amy Winehouse to the imprisonment of Pussy Riot, Smith explores the many aspects of women s public lives including in the media and social media.” —
Bernadine Evaristo, Metro“Joan Smith is a one woman campaign, and this relevant and disturbing book is a call to arms-so bring it on.” –Frances Wilson, Literary Review
