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The Mother of All Questions
Further Feminisms
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See moreA new collection of 'further feminisms' - searing, smart and provocative essays from one of the most important public intellectuals writing today.
One of the most important public intellectuals writing today explains how 'feminism is for everyone'
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Following on from the success of Men Explain Things to Me comes a new collection of essays in which Rebecca Solnit opens up a feminism for all of us: one that doesn't stigmatise women's lives, whether they include spouses and children or not.
Solnit brings empathy to the silences in men's lives as well as the silencing of women's lives, celebrating the ways feminism has shifted in recent years to reclaim rape jokes, revise canons, and rethink our everyday lives.
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The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit is praised as a powerful and provocative collection of essays on feminism, examining issues beyond gender to address broader power dynamics. Celebrated for her elegant prose and insightful analysis, Solnit is recognised as a key voice in the modern feminist movement, with a writing style that combines grit and grace. Her work is described as both a dismantling of patriarchal narratives and a hopeful call for empathy and action towards a more humane world.
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ISBN: 9781783783557
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 August 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 268g
Pages: 176
About the Author
Rebecca Solnit is author of, among other books, Men Explain Things To Me, Wanderlust, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the NBCC award-winning River of Shadows and A Paradise Built in Hell. A contributing editor to Harper's, she writes regularly for the London Review of Books and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in San Francisco.
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