The Women Paperback - 1998
by Hilton Als; Shawn
Daring and fiercely original, THE WOMEN is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It presents a series of portraits that analyzes the role that sexual and racial identity play in the lives and work of a series of subjects chosen by the author. Among these subjects are his own mother and the mother of Malcolm X.
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Daring, fiercely original, and brilliant, The Women is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It is conceived as a series of portraits analyzing the role that sexual and racial identity played in the lives and work of the writer's subjects. Als begins with his mother, a self-described "Negress", who would not be defined by the limitations of race and gender. He goes on to ask who the mother of Malcolm X was, and shows how her mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's misogyny and racism. He describes how the brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean rarely identified with other blacks or women, but deeply empathized with white gay men. Finally, he portrays the late Owen Dodson, a poet and dramatist who was female-identified and who played an important role in the author's own social and intellectual formation. Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to his inimitable scrutiny with relentless humor and sympathy. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form all its own.
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- Title The Women
- Author Hilton Als; Shawn
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl, New York
- Date 1998-01-31
- ISBN 9780374525293 / 0374525293
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96018360
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.989
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