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Faludi, Susan.
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Backlash : la guerre froide contre les femmes
Paris : Editions des femmes, 1993.
572 p. ; 24 cm.
Etude d'une certaine envergure sur le cheminement de la cause des femmes (dans le contexte des Etats-Unis) dans les années 1980. L'auteure met en évidence les entraves destinées à freiner les gains de la décennie précédente. [SDM]
Stiffed : the root of modern male rage
New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019
xxiv, 643 pages ; 22 cm.
"Faludi turns her attention to the so-called "Angry Male" politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, Stiffed goes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior--that it's driven by chromosomes or hormones--to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood. Faludi's vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a "utilitarian" manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an "ornamental" masculinity shaped by entertainment. .Read in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi's analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. Stiffed delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated"--Back cover