The mother of all questions

Rebecca Solnit; images by Paz de la Calzada

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Summary:: In this collection of essays, Solnit offers a timely commentary on gender and feminism. Her subjects include women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more.
Table of Contents:: Machine generated contents note: 1. Silence Is Broken
Short History of Silence
I. Ocean around the Archipelago
II. Every Man an Island: Male Silence
III. Silence: The Cages
IV. Flooded City
Insurrectionary Year
Feminism: The Men Arrive
One Year after Seven Deaths
Short Happy Recent History of the Rape Joke
2. Breaking the Story
Escape from the Five-Million-Year-Old Suburb
Pigeonholes When the Doves Have Flown
80 Books No Woman Should Read
Men Explain Lolita to Me
Case of the Missing Perpetrator
Giantess.
Author/Creator:: Solnit, Rebecca
Contributors:: Calzada, Paz de la , illustrator
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: The mother of all questions [by Solnit, R.]
Subjects:: Feminism
Sex differences (Psychology)
Women — Violence against
General Notes:: Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource.
Call Numbers:: HQ1155 .S668 2017eb
ISBNs:: 9781608467204 (electronic bk.)
1608467201 (electronic bk.)
9781608467402 [Invalid]
1608467406 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:: 972722634
Other Control Numbers:: EBC4774454 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp13523128