What would de Beauvoir do?

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书籍信息

作者：Tabi Jackson Gee
出版时间：2018-9-11
系列：How the greatest peoples would solve your everyday problem
定价：GBP 12.99
装帧：Paperback
页数：192
ISBN：9780228101338

书籍介绍

Getlifeadviceandacrashcourseonwomen'srightsfromthegreatfeministsofeverygeneration.

HaveyoueverwonderedifGloriaSteinemwouldsupportyourdecisiontogetanosejob?OrifBettyFriedanwouldwatchStarWarswithyou?Halfanintroductiontofeminism,halfaguidetolife,thisbookuses40everydayquestionsandproblemstoexplorethetheoriesandconceptsofthegreatestfeministsandsuffragettesofalltime.

Withquirkyillustrationsandintriguingandoriginaltakesonthebiggestquestions,WhatWouldBeauvoirDo?helpsreaderstounderstandwhythesefeministsweregreatwhileentertainingyouwithhistoricalandbiographicaldetailabouttheirlives.The40questionsrevealnotonlySimonedeBeauvoir'sinsightsbuthowothergreatfeministswouldapproachtheproblem.Newlyarmedwiththiswisdom,readerscanmaketheirowndecisions.

InadditiontodeBeauvoir,thefeministleadersspanhistorytoincludeAliceWalker,activistandauthorofTheColorPurple;MaryWollstonecraft,18thcenturywriter,philosopherandadvocateofwomen'srights;LuceIrigaray,20thcenturyFrenchauthor,feministandculturaltheorist;ElizabethCadyStanton,early19thcenturysuffragist,socialactivistandabolitionist;CharlottePerkinsGilman,prominent19thcenturyfeminist;SarojiniNaidu,freedomfighterandpoetofmodernIndia;EmmelinePankhurstandEmilyDavison,leadersoftheBritishsuffragettemovementandCorettaScottKing,widowofMartinLutherKing.

Therearefivethematicchaptersasfollowswithexamplesofthequestions:

Work

ShouldIspeakupwhenmycolleaguemakesasexistjoke?

ShouldIdeliberatelyhireawomantoevenoutthegenderbalance?

AmIbetrayingthefeministcauseifIquitmyjobtohaveababy?

YourBody

WhyshouldanyoneelsehaveasayaboutwhatIdowithmybody?

Toshaveornottoshave-thatisthequestion.

Ilikewearingmake-up.Isthatbad?

Family

What'swrongwithtakingmyhusband'slastname?

Mydaughterwantsatutuandatiara.WheredidIgowrong?