{"product_id":"woman-the-american-history-of-an-idea-9780300271140","title":"Woman: The American History of an Idea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exhaustively researched and finely written.\"--Alexandra Jacobs, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An intelligently provocative, vital reading experience. . . . This highly readable, inclusive, and deeply researched book will appeal to scholars of women and gender studies as well as anyone seeking to understand the historical patterns that misogyny has etched across every era of American culture.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What does it mean to be a \"woman\" in America? Award-winning gender and sexuality scholar Lillian Faderman traces the evolution of the meaning from Puritan ideas of God's plan for women to the sexual revolution of the 1960s and its reversals to the impact of such recent events as #metoo, the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the election of Kamala Harris as vice president, and the transgender movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This wide-ranging 400-year history chronicles conflicts, retreats, defeats, and hard-won victories in both the private and the public sectors and shines a light on the often-overlooked battles of enslaved women and women leaders in tribal nations. Noting that every attempt to cement a particular definition of \"woman\" has been met with resistance, Faderman also shows that successful challenges to the status quo are often short-lived. As she underlines, the idea of womanhood in America continues to be contested.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian Faderman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.75w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300271140","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709589426313,"sku":"9780300271140","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5e3c64c6-c418-4183-930b-0b39ed794cf0.jpg?v=1719519282","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/woman-the-american-history-of-an-idea-9780300271140","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}