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One of the most talkedabout books of last year, the pulitzer prizewinning author of backlash now explores the collapse of traditional masculinity that has left. The betrayal of the american man takes a remarkably compassionate and revealing look at the crisis of modern masculinity from a feminist prospective. Stiffed delivers a searing portrait of modernday male america, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated. Stiffed takes us on a journey through a contemporary masculine landscape littered with broken promises and into the lives of individual men whose accounts reveal the. The betrayal of the american man is a 1999 book by feminist author susan. The betrayal of the american man by susan faludi one of the most talkedabout books of last year, the pulitzer prizewinning author of backlash now explores the collapse of traditional masculinity that has left men feeling betrayed.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read in the darkroom. The betrayal of the american man susan faludi one of the most talkedabout books of last year, the pulitzer prizewinning author of backlash now explores the collapse of traditional masculinity that has left men feeling betrayed. Stiffed ebook by susan faludi 9780062038258 rakuten kobo. The betrayal of the american man is that you immediately want to run around grabbing people by. Morrow and co new york wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Oct 01, 2000 theres no description for this book yet. Susan faludi won a pulitzer prize for journalism when she worked on the wall street journal, and is the author of backlash. Stiffed is a brilliant, important book faludis reportorial and literary skills unfold with breathtaking confidence and beauty. Stiffed the betrayal of the american man powells books. She focused on a series of interviews she conducted with american. American men are angry and discontented, she argues in stiffed, because their sense of what it is to be a man has been destroyed by everything from corporate downsizing and the shrinking military of the post cold war era to the increase in local sports teams leaving town. Susan faludi is a pulitzerprize winning journalist and author of in the darkroom.
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With backlash in 1991, susan faludi broke new ground when she put her finger directly on the problem. The betrayal of the american man has been perpetrated on many fronts, from the boardroom to the football stadium, from the army recruitment center to the suburban living room. One of the most talkedabout books of recent years, in stiffed, the pulitze. Society fathers in particular gets the blame for masculinity crisis sunday, october 24, 1999. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Looking through new eyes, stiffed gives both men and women a fresh appreciation for what it meansand more importantly how it feelsto be an american male in search of identity at a time when the definition of manhood is in question. The betrayal of the american man by susan faludi in 1991, with backlash, susan faludi wrote a book that was nothing less than a landmark, exploring the sociopolitical and economic ravages against women in american society. The betrayal of the american man, authorsusan faludi, year1999 susan faludi one of the most talkedabout books of last year, the pulitzer prizewinning author of backlash now explores the collapse of traditional masculinity that has left men feeling betrayed. Her goal is to find out why men in todays usa are unhappy. After a while, the reader feels steamrollered by fact after fact, like getting run over by jim. When i listen to the sons born after world war ii, born to the fathers who won that war, i sometimes find myself in a reverie, conjured out of my own recollections and theirs. This article is within the scope of wikiproject mens issues, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of mens issues articles on wikipedia.
She speaks on gender, identity, feminism, and capitalism. She goes a long way toward eliminating the black and white, good and evil, male and female polarities that have. Excerpt from susan faludis the betrayal of the american man from newsweek, september, 1999, u. The betrayal of the american man is that you immediately want to run around grabbing people by the lapels and beseeching them, read this book.
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