Description: A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag's writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. "The most interesting ideas are heresies," she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines. On Women presents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women's liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls "that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites"; feminism; fascism; and film. Taken together, these pieces--relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, a Book and Mortar Record Store On Women -- Susan Sontag A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag's writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. "The most interesting ideas are heresies," she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines. On Women presents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women's liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls "that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites"; feminism; fascism; and film. Taken together, these pieces--relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, and allergic to easy categorization Sontag's inimitable mind at work. Author: Susan Sontag Publisher: Picador USA Published: 05/30/2023 Pages: 208 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.40lbs Size: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.90d ISBN: 9781250876850 Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2023 Publishers Weekly 04/10/2023 Shelf Awareness 06/02/2023 About the Author Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including the groundbreaking collection of essays Against Interpretation (FSG, 1966), and of four novels, including In America (FSG, 2000), which won the National Book Award.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Literature & Fiction,Essays & Correspondence,Essay
Label: Picador Paper
Artist: Sontag, Susan
Album: On Women
Book Title: On Women
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Topic: Feminist, Gender Studies, Essays
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 6.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Susan Sontag
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Trade Paperback
