Women & Power
A Manifesto
by Mary Beard
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Pub Date Dec 12 2017 | Archive Date Dec 12 2017
W. W. Norton & Company | Liveright
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Advance Praise
“Noted classicist and essayist Beard (S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome, 2015, etc.) looks deep into the past and hard at the present to examine the power of women—and more often, their powerlessness—in a world of impatient men. . . .In closing her provocative, thoughtful, and elegantly but lightly worn literary argument, Beard observes that were she writing her lectures afresh, she would ‘find more space to defend women's right to be wrong,’ since they have to be unimpeachably correct in order to be taken seriously—if then. An urgent feminist cri de coeur, spot-on in its utterly reasonable plea that a woman ‘who dares to open her mouth in public’ actually be given a hearing.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781631494758 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 128 |
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Featured Reviews
Critter B, Librarian
A fascinating fast read from much respected scholar Mary Beard on the history of man's attempt to silence and incapacitate women. She reaches back to Homer, and follows the trail through Aristophanes, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, history, and right up Twitter road to present day.
Beard speaks from years of study and also personal experience. - I was following her on Twitter while she was being 'lectured' by men on Roman history.
This book shines a spotlight on what has been happening since Ayla inadvertently invented the patriarchy eons ago.
Helen M, Bookseller
This is a brilliantly written study of how men have been telling women to shut up and know their place throughout history. From Ancient Rome to the modern day, the ever brilliant Mary Beard takes us on a journey through the ages, highlighting the many and varied ways that women have been silenced, marginalised and bullied by misogynists the world over.
It also reframes and deconstructs the gender norms, highlighting the way strong powerful women are portrayed and how they've been made to sit down (Elisabeth Warren) and shut up (Philomela, who had her tongue cut out).
This could not be a more timely and essential read. As we risk taking major steps backwards, women need to make their voices heard and it's gratifying to see that we are. This book should get us fired up even more! Excellent.
