Women & Power

Women & Power: A Manifesto

Hardback Published on: 02/11/2017
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Women & Power
Concise and important.
A concise, informative little book on the theme of women's power and our lack of it. Using well thought out examples from Ancient Greece and Rome, Mary Bea... READ MORE
Angie Groves at Blackpool
Women & Power
Short & Brilliant
A short and brilliant set of 2 essays from Mary Beard using Greco-Roman tales to illustrate the origins of our cultural norms regarding women. It's written... READ MORE
Catriona at Waterstones Head Office

Synopsis

We have to retell stories of women’s power, re-evaluate what power is.

Acclaimed classicist Mary Beard presents a revolutionary manifesto for our time, exploring women in power from Medusa to Merkel and presenting a new feminist roadmap. Hard-hitting, unapologetic and wise.

Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template.

With personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism and gendered aggression she has endured online, Mary asks: if women aren't perceived to be within the structures of power, isn't it power that we need to redefine?

  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781788160605
  • Number of pages: 128
  • Weight: 205g
  • Dimensions: 185 x 120 x 15 mm

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Women & Power
Powerful and thought provoking
A short book, a powerful book and a well written book. This is, as it says, on the cover, a manifesto, a cry for women to have a voice and crucially to be ... READ MORE
Sarah
Women & Power
Mary Beard - Women & Power
Mary Beard traces the thinking peddled by men of power that women have nothing of value to contribute to political discourse right back to the Ancients. N... READ MORE
Jo Kelleher
Women & Power
Women and Power
A great read!
Patrina Young
Women & Power
Size isn’t everything
Small, and almost perfectly formed. This is a quick read with a profound message. It’s absolutely on the button in terms of the current political situation... READ MORE
Paula Stevens-Hoare
Women & Power
A thought provoking read
I found this to be a thought provoking read. Its a very short read but I found it fascinating, with the author making some interesting points, linking more... READ MORE
Isla Scott

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