Misogyny : the world's oldest prejudice / Jack Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, Jack, 1947-2004.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Misogyny--History.

Misogyny.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 320 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Carroll and Graf edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2006.

Summary:

In this powerful book, the highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history?

The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks at both historical and contemporary attitudes to women. Holland's spotlight falls impartially on the Church, witch-hunts, sexual theory, Nazism and pro-life campaigners and on today's developing world, where women are increasingly and disproportionately at risk because of radicalized religious belief, famine, war and disease. Well-informed and researched, highly readable and often entertaining, this is no outmoded feminist polemic, but a refreshingly straightforward investigation into an ancient, pervasive and enduring injustice. It deals with the fundamentals of human existence - sex, love, violence - that have always shaped our lives.

Holland reaches the conclusion that it is more than time to recognize that the treatment of women amounts to an abuse of human rights on an unthinkable scale. This important and timely book will make a long-lasting contribution to the efforts to improve those rights for future generations.

Contents:

1 Pandora's Daughters 12

2 Women at the Gates: Misogyny in Ancient Rome 36

3 Divine Intervention: Misogyny and the Rise of Christianity 67

4 From Queen of Heaven to Devil Woman 97

5 O Brave New World: Literature, Misogyny and the Rise of Modernity 131

6 Victorians' Secrets 167

7 Misogyny in the Age of Supermen 208

8 Body Politics 236

9 In Conclusion: Making Sense of Misogyny 268.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-310) and index.

ISBN:

0786718234

OCLC:

70834039

Publisher Number:

9780786718238