The feminine mystique
Friedan, Betty2013
Book
A fiftieth anniversary edition of the trailblazing women's reference shares anecdotes and interviews that were originally collected in the early 1960s to inspire women to develop their intellectual capabilities and reclaim lives beyond period conventions.
Main title:
The feminine mystique / Betty Friedan ; [introduction by Gail Collins ; afterword by Anna Quindlen].
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Work:
Edition:
50th anniversary ed.
Imprint:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2013.
Collation:
xxv, 562 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The problem that has no name -- The happy housewife heroine -- The crisis in woman's identity -- The passionate journey -- The sexual solipsism of Sigmund Freud -- The functional freeze, the feminine protest, and Margaret Mead -- The sex-directed educators -- The mistaken choice -- The sexual sell -- Housewifery expands to fill the time available -- The sex-seekers -- Progressive dehumanization : the comfortable concentration camp -- The forfeited self -- A new life plan for women.
ISBN:
9780393063790 (hbk)0393063798 (hbk)
Dewey class:
305.420973305.4209
LC class:
HQ1426
Language:
English
BRN:
28421
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 305.4209 FRIE | Available |