Screen LibraryThe feminine mystique /
The book that changed the consciousness of women everywhere, 'The Feminine Mystique' is published here so a new generation can visit its pages. It is a book that awakens women and men with its insights into social relations.
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Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2010. ©1963 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Penguin modern classics
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| Summary: |
The book that changed the consciousness of women everywhere, 'The Feminine Mystique' is published here so a new generation can visit its pages. It is a book that awakens women and men with its insights into social relations. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton; London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 347 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780141192055 (paperback) : 0141192054 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HQ1426 |
| CLC: | D447.12 |
| Call Number: | D447.12/F899-1 |
| 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. |