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Backlash : [electronic resource] the undeclared war against American women / by Susan Faludi.

By: Faludi, Susan.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown, c1991Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxiii, 552 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0517576988; 9780517576984.Subject(s): Anti-feminism -- United States | Feminism -- United States | Women -- United States -- Social conditions | Women -- Psychology | Social Conditions -- United States | Women -- psychology | Women's Rights -- United States | Féminisme -- États-Unis | Femmes -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales | Femmes -- Psychologie | Vrouwendiscriminatie | FeminismeAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Backlash.DDC classification: 305.42/0973 Other classification: 71.31 Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Sample text | Free eBook from the Internet Archive Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction : blame it on feminism -- 1: Myths and flashbacks -- Man shortages and barren wombs : the myths of the backlash -- Backlashes then and now -- 2: 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 -- 3: 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 -- 4: 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.
Summary: Includes material on George Gilder, Allan Bloom, Michael Levin, Margarita Levin, Warren Farrell, Robert Bly, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Betty Friedan, and Carol Gilligan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-542) and index.

Introduction : blame it on feminism -- 1: Myths and flashbacks -- Man shortages and barren wombs : the myths of the backlash -- Backlashes then and now -- 2: 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 -- 3: 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 -- 4: 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.

Also issued online.

Includes material on George Gilder, Allan Bloom, Michael Levin, Margarita Levin, Warren Farrell, Robert Bly, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Betty Friedan, and Carol Gilligan.

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