Backlash by Susan Faludi

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women is the title of a 1991 nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Faludi, which argues for the existence of a media driven "backlash" against the feminist advances of the 1970s. Faludi argues that this backlash posits the women's liberation movement as the source of many of the problems alleged to be plaguing women in the late 1980s. She also argues that many of these problems are illusory, constructed by the media without reliable evidence. According to Faludi, the backlash is also a historical trend, generally recurring when it appears that women have made substantial gains in their efforts to obtain equal rights. The book won the National Book Critics Circle Award for non-fiction in 1991.

The 577th greatest nonfiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 81st on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
  2. - National Book Critics Circle Award - Nonfiction (National Book Critics Circle)

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Backlash (éd. poche): La guerre froide contre les femmes (Des femmes Poche) (French Edition) Mass Market Paperback 17822851 $13.01 $13.14 1993
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