About this title: In this early feminist text, first published in 1970, Shulamith Firestone presents a history of the first wave of feminism, and draws on the works of Marx, Freud, and de Beauvoir, among others, to argue for a radical vision of feminist politics.
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Edition: Rev. ed. 8th printing.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Minimal wear, slightly tanned. Otherwise clean, unmarked, tight, square. [245] p. : ill.; 18 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Description: Good; 1972. Aged, mild wear at corners-name written inside front cover.; Paperback; Bantam Books; New York; Second Printing; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 242 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. 4 x 7. In good, clean, unmarked condition. Small taped tear on back cover. Cover shows edge/shelfwear including chipping. Spine uncreased. Text beginning to lightly tan around edges. Firestone makes the case for a feminist revolution based on the dismantling of the family and politically traditional sex-roles. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. This 4"x7" paperback book has a white and color illustrated cover with black lettering on the front and spine of the cover. A book about the case for feminist revolution. 242 pages. A clean and tight copy of the book. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company
Description: Very Good. An ex-library copy, this has a sticker with call numbers on spine, brodart dust jacket (taped to cover), library bar code on front, card holder on front endsheet, and various library stamps to early pages. Otherwise, bumps to corners and minor edge wear. Spine slant. Text unmarked and tight. 274 pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1971
Description: New. Beautiful brand new 1972 paperback book, no markings, unread. Although new, has some tanning to inside pages from age. MendoPower Employment Services will immediately and carefully pack this book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes. Then we send you a confirmation e-mail. We appreciate your business and welcome any questions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY, William Morrow and Co., 1970.
Description: 8vo., 274pp., quarter black cloth over yellow paper covered boards. Previous owner's name, address and date of purchase inked on front free endpaper, along with few tiny, clustered grease stains, else fine in somewhat dulled jacket with mildly tanned, slightly worn edges. read more
"People don't understand this book, and it's easy to misinterpret it and label Firestone as a delusional antiquated radical feminist who disappeared into obscurity anyway, but the thing is this book is the best starting point for social change that I have ever come across. I intend to show the world how perceptive Shulamith Firestone really was. It's scary facing the possibility that truth doesn't lie in absolutes, and that freedoms can actually exist and be possible without everyone killing each other or the "inherent darker truth of human nature" coming out. It's safer to believe humans are evil - laws and governments and establishments and authorities make sense that way. Firestone has ruthlessly deconstructed so many social conventions it seems preposterous to most people. Social notions about childhood, incest, race, sexuality, politics, economic structure - they're all dispensed with. Firestone does have a certain bias against homosexuality which is one of the biggest reasons why I think of this book as a starting point and not a complete analysis, strategy or understanding of world politics. As for outdated? The world hasn't actually changed that much since the Sixties. It's just become more prettily embellished."
"The argument that women will remain inferior forever to men until technology relieves women of the burden of giving birth is kind of obnoxiously simplistic to me. I have to admit that I couldn't even finish this book because it annoyed me so much."
"Although I don't really buy all the Freudian stipulation, the point she makes still work, painfully so. Her ideas remind me of two of my favorite utopias, those of "The Dispossessed" by Ursula K Le Guin and "The Female Man" by Joanna Russ (hmm, both women). I would not be surprised if that was no coincidence."
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