Bibliograph

Wonder women, sex, power, and the quest for perfection, Debora L. Spar

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Wonder women, sex, power, and the quest for perfection, Debora L. Spar

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-289) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Wonder women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827257019

Responsibility statement

Debora L. Spar

Sub title

sex, power, and the quest for perfection

Summary

Explores "why, a half century after the publication of Betty Friedan's The feminine mystique ... women still feel stuck ... [detailing] how American women's lives have--and have not--changed over the past fifty years"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Growing up Charlie -- Girls : a handbook -- Sex and the social contract -- Bodies and other accessories -- Truly, madly, deeply -- Mythologies of birth -- The good wife's guide to life and love -- Crashing into ceilings : a report from the nine-to-five shift -- Memories of my waist -- Kissing Charlie goodbye

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Sex, power, and the quest for perfection

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