What Do Women Want? - Bread, Roses, Sex, Power (Paperback, New edition)

Of course, only an expert can answer this, with another providing the introduction: Naomi Wolf. She described Jong as the 'first literature female avatar', paying her the more valid compliment of treating her work as 'a sacred calling'. However, at first glance, we're informed that women really want power, sex, bread and roses. Rest assured, she goes on about much more than this. Embarrassingly for her daughter, she incorporates many personal experiences. The most engaging aspects of this book are when Jong dissects the lives and images of some of the most prominent women of recent times: Princess Diana; Hillary Clinton; Lolita. Her ability to merge a poetic style with an I-call-a-spade-a-spade-type attitude, fortunately, maeks up for her rather cringe-worthy tales of motherhood. (Kirkus UK)

This is a kaleidoscopic collection of Erica Jong's provocative prose, covering politics, pornography, motherhood and writing, with turns from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lolita, Princess Diana and Louise Woodward. It surfs the waves of feminism from the bold ancestors to the modern truce between the sexes.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1999
Authors:	Erica Jong
Dimensions:	193 x 127 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	222
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7475-4799-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-7475-4799-8
Barcode:	9780747547990

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