From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women - The Masculine Mystique by Marilyn French

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The second volume in a three-volume work in which French investigates the role of women in society from feudal times up to the French Revolution. Having explored this triumph of patriarchy in both East and West, she turns to the modern period of expansion and appropriation.

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This is a seminal three-volume work, that covers the history of women throughout the world, from earliest times to the present. Marilyn French, internationally bestselling author of The Women's Room, has spent over two decades with a team of researchers and historians examining women's roles and activities in various civilizations and societies throughout the ages. This volume investigates the role of women in society from feudal times up to the French Revolution. She begins with Europe and Japan, two countries vastly different in culture and tradition, yet similar in their male-dominated aggression and competitiveness. In all these different countries in all these different times, Marilyn French keeps asking the question: How did it happen that women had no power and no independence, that they suffered constant abuse and yet they nourished the family unit and preserved their culture and society? Along the way she provides vivid portraits of exceptional women such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Sor Juana Ines le la Cruz, Mary Ingles, and Harriet Jacobs. In its breadth and its scope, this is a fascinating story peopled by remarkable women.

Author Biography

Marilyn French's views have always been unapologetically radical. Her work stresses that women's suppression is an integral function of the male-dominated global culture, both on the domestic and international front. She is best known for her first novel, the 21-million-copy bestseller The Women's Room, which is considered one of the most influential works of the modern feminist movement, and, more recently, its sequel, In the Name of Friendship. She spent fifteen years researching and writing her immensely readable four volume women's history series FROM EVE TO DAWN: A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE

Review

"As a reference work it's invaluable: the bibliographies alone are worth the price. And as a warning about the appalling extremes of human behaviour and male weirdness, it's indispensable... Women who read this book will do so with horror and growing anger... whatever you think of French's conclusions, the issues she raises cannot be ignored. Women, it seems, are not a footnote after all: they are the necessary centre around which the wheel of power revolves; or, seen another way, they are the broad base of the triangle that sustains a few oligarchs at the top. No history you will read, post-French, will ever look the same again" Margaret Atwood, The Times, 21 August 2004

Details ISBN1552783235 Author Marilyn French Publisher McArthur & Company Language English ISBN-10 1552783235 ISBN-13 9781552783238 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 305.409 Year 2003 Imprint McArthur & Company Country of Publication United States Illustrations col. maps Birth 1929 Place of Publication Toronto Death 2009 Short Title FROM EVE TO DAWN THE MASCULINE Residence New York City, NY, US Series From Eve To Dawn: A History Of Women Subtitle A History of Women - The Masculine Mystique DOI 10.1604/9781552783238 UK Release Date 2003-06-10 AU Release Date 2003-06-10 NZ Release Date 2003-06-10 US Release Date 2003-06-10 Pages 800 Publication Date 2003-06-10 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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