Main Title |
Wonder women : sex, power, and the quest for perfection / |
Author |
Spar, Debora L.,
|
Publisher |
Sarah Crichton Books, |
Year Published |
2013 |
OCLC Number |
827257019 |
ISBN |
9780374298753; 0374298750 |
Subjects |
Women--United States--Social conditions--21st century ;
Women--United States--Attitudes ;
Feminism ;
Women's rights ;
Equality ;
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays ;
Women--Attitudes ;
Women--Social conditions
|
Additional Subjects |
Spar, Debora L
|
Internet Access |
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EOAM |
HQ1421.S677 2013 |
FWP |
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
09/16/2014 |
|
Edition |
First edition. |
Collation |
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-289) and index. |
Contents Notes |
Explores "why, a half century after the publication of Betty Friedan's The feminine mystique ... women still feel stuck ... [detailing] how American women's lives have--and have not--changed over the past fifty years"--Dust jacket flap. Growing up Charlie -- Girls : a handbook -- Sex and the social contract -- Bodies and other accessories -- Truly, madly, deeply -- Mythologies of birth -- The good wife's guide to life and love -- Crashing into ceilings : a report from the nine-to-five shift -- Memories of my waist -- Kissing Charlie goodbye. |