Bitch - In Praise of Difficult Women

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A fascinating tract on the history of female behavior and how it has been interpreted and misinterpreted, Bitch is among the most entertaining feminist manifestos ever written. By turns serious and funny, critical and sympathetic, bestselling author Elizabeth Wurtzel ponders women scorned, from the Bible to the present, with refreshing exuberance and razor-sharp wit.
"One of the more honest, insightful, and witty books on the subject of women to have come along in a while." —The Hew York Times Book Review
"The Courtney Love of letters . . . extraordinarily thought-provoking, absorbing, wise, often poignant. You can disagree with Wurtzel, but at least she always has a definite point of view." —Entertainment Weekly
"Bitch is a brilliant feminist manifesto in the great tradition that stretches from Mary Wollstonecraft to Germaine Greer . . . [Wurtzel] is a passionate critic, whose take on the bad-girl heroines of modern culture—groupies, trophy wives, Lolitas,... Tovább

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WOMEN'S STUDIES
A fascinating tract on the history of female behavior and how it has been interpreted and misinterpreted, Bitch is among the most entertaining feminist manifestos ever written. By turns serious and funny, critical and sympathetic, bestselling author Elizabeth Wurtzel ponders women scorned, from the Bible to the present, with refreshing exuberance and razor-sharp wit.
"One of the more honest, insightful, and witty books on the subject of women to have come along in a while." —The Hew York Times Book Review
"The Courtney Love of letters . . . extraordinarily thought-provoking, absorbing, wise, often poignant. You can disagree with Wurtzel, but at least she always has a definite point of view." —Entertainment Weekly
"Bitch is a brilliant feminist manifesto in the great tradition that stretches from Mary Wollstonecraft to Germaine Greer . . . [Wurtzel] is a passionate critic, whose take on the bad-girl heroines of modern culture—groupies, trophy wives, Lolitas, suicides— transcendstheir American genesis . . . The right book at the right time."
—Elaine Showalter in The Guarilian (London)
"It's got the preposterous energy of a great, drunken tantrum, and a voluptuous, sprawling style, with lots of good, zinging jokes "
—The Village Voice Literary Supplement
"Like demanding women, pathbreaking and impossible to dismiss."
—Ms.
"Wurtzel is insouciant. And that's the reason many loathe and others like her book."
—Boston Globe
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