New Releases by Germaine Greer

If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Köllwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.

Balans van de ontwikkeling van het feminisme in de jaren sinds 1970, waarbij wordt gesteld dat de strijd voor vrijheid voor de vrouw is vervangen door het streven naar gelijkheid met de man en de ontkenning en onderwaardering van het vrouwelijke.

Written by a renowned scholar and broadcaster, this account of Wilmot's work strives to place it in its socio-political context and describe the way the poet and his work were co-opted after his premature death to serve contrasting political agendas.

Una serie de ensayos con un tema central: la revolución sexual está marchita. Lejos de tomar las riendas de sus destinos, las mujeres se han dejado engañar y siguen obedeciendo a las reglas masculinas. Con estilo directo y con inteligencia Germaine Greer profundiza en cuestiones como la tiranía del trabajo en casa, la prisión de los productos de belleza, la ginecología y las píldoras mágicas, el cuidado de los niños o la explotación de la mujer en el tercer mundo. Un libro imprescindible para el siglo XXI. Best-seller en todo el mundo.

"Based in part on a previously published work, this book takes the theme of women and literature and looks at the woman poet." - COPAC.

Always strong and fearless, Germaine Greer strikes right at the heart of the matter--be it John F. Kennedy and vaginal deodorants, rape and artificial insemination, cosmetic surgery, the death of Jimi Hendrix, or the famine in Ethiopia. This collection represents a mosaic of essays, long and short, some of which are appearing for the first time in print and all of which chafe the conventional and are bristling with argument. From the youthful liveliness of her sixties pieces, which "got up everybody's nose," to the depth and complexity of her later work, The Madwoman's Underclothes is a reflection both of an era and of the changing ideas and styles of Germaine Greer: "The essays on Brazil, Cuba, and Ethiopia represent my coming of age. Something like a coherent system of values is beginning to emerge after my years of wandering, although I have certainly not arrived at a set of articles of faith, and never will, I hope." Greer's opinions on social, political, and sexual trends and mores are tendered in her unique fashion--outspoken, with rapier wit and no tolerance for narrow-mindedness. But as explosive, angry, and often funny as these essays are, they also reveal tenderness and sadness and that emotion that underlies all of Greer's work--passionate commitment.

"In menopausa una donna si trova faccia a faccia con la sua morte come mai prima di quel momento. Una parte di lei sta morendo. Se è stata incoraggiata per tutta la vita a pensare che la sua facoltà riproduttiva fosse il contributo più importante che aveva da offrire alla vita, la morte delle ovaie la colpirà profondamente. Non potrà fare nulla per riportarle in vita. Il dolore della menopausa interessa ogni donna, consapevolmente o no. La sensazione di aver ormai superato il mezzogiorno e che le ombre si stanno allungando, l'estate è passata da tempo e le giornate si fanno più corte e scure, è giusta e va rispettata. Al giro di boa pare di precipitare nella notte; solo quando la tensione del climaterio è passata la donna si rende conto che l'autunno può essere lungo, dorato, più mite e caldo dell'estate e che è la stagione più produttiva dell'anno". (Dall'introduzione).

书名原文:The female eunuch

An anthology of women's literary activity with the work of some forty-five poets.