Sexual Politics

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-17425-1
Verlag: Columbia Univers. Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Beginning in 1830 and targeting four revered authors D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet Kate Millett builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples taught a generation to recognize inequities masquerading as nature and proved the value of feminist critique in all facets of life. This new edition features Catharine A. MacKinnon (University of Michigan Law School) and New Yorker correspondent Rebecca Mead on the importance of Millett's work to challenging the complacency currently sidelining feminism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millet, Kate

Millett, Kate

Weitere Mitwirkende

MacKinnon, Catharine

Mead, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstpsychologie und -soziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by Catharine A. MacKinnonPrefacePart I. Sexual Politics1. Instances of Sexual Politics2. Theory of Sexual PoliticsPart II. Historical Background3. The Sexual Revolution, First Phase: 1830;1930PoliticalPolemicalLiterary4. The Counterrevolution: 1930;60Reactionary PolicyThe Models of Nazi Germany and the Soviet UnionThe Reaction in IdeologyFreud and the Influence of Psychoanalytic ThoughtSome Post-FreudiansThe Influence of FunctionalismPart III. The Literary Reflection5. D. H. Lawrence6. Henry Miller7. Norman Mailer8. Jean GenetPostscriptAfterword, by Rebecca MeadBibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Kate Millett is an American feminist writer, artist, and activist. Her most recent books are Mother Millett, A.D., and The Politics of Cruelty: An Essay on the Literature of Political Imprisonment. She is director of the Millett Center for the Arts and lives in New York City and upstate New York.