Sexual Politics
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Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1970, and Simon & Schuster, 1990.
Sexual politics. Instances of sexual politics ; Theory of sexual politics. -- Historical background. The sexual revolution, first phase: 1830-1930 ; The counterrevolution: 1930-60. -- The literary reflection. D.H. Lawrence ; Henry Miller ; Norman Mailer ; Jean Genet. -- Postscript.
"Sexual Politics laid the foundation for subsequent feminist scholarship by showing how cultural discourse reflects a systematized subjugation and exploitation of women. Millett demonstrates in detail how patriarchy's attitudes and systems penetrate literature, philosophy, psychology, and politics. Her incendiary work rocked the foundations of the literary canon by castigating time-honored classics - from D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover to Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead - for their use of sex to degrade and undermine women." "A new introduction to this edition draws attention to some of the forms patriarchy has taken recently in consolidating its oppressive and dangerous control."--Jacket.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Year Published: 2016
Description: xxx, 403 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
023117425X
9780231174251
0231174241
9780231174244
SUBJECTS
Women -- History -- Modern period, 1600-
Sex role.
Women in literature.
Sex in literature.