New Releases by Rebecca Solnit

«Tutti noi abbiamo diverse ‘madri’ – intellettuali, ispiratrici, politiche – Rebecca Solnit è una delle mie» Emma Watson «Rebecca Solnit è la voce della resistenza» New York Times Magazine «Scegliere di essere una principessa va assolutamente bene. È quando non si può scegliere che non va bene. Questa Cenerentola è libera di scegliere di esprimere i propri desideri e darsi da fare per realizzarli. Questo è il dono di Rebecca Solnit ai bambini e ai ragazzi di oggi» School Library Journal UNA DELLE FIABE PIÙ AMATE DI SEMPRE RISCRITTA DALLA PALADINA DEL FEMMINISMO CONTEMPORANEO C’era una volta una bambina di nome Cenerentola, costretta a servire una crudele matrigna e due indifferenti sorellastre. Finché un bel giorno incontra la sua fata madrina, va a un ballo e conosce il principe. È la fiaba che tutti conosciamo, ma è solo l’inizio di questa storia. Qui Cenerentola vuole farsi degli amici, imparare a non rinnegare il suo passato, a migliorare il presente e a realizzare i suoi sogni senza aver timore di chiedere aiuto agli altri. In sella al suo cavallo pomellato e con una fetta di torta sempre pronta da offrire, insegna a tutti la libertà di scegliere. Un classico con finale a sorpresa in cui tutti hanno diritto a una seconda possibilità.

An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher; of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself; of how punk rock gave form and voice to her own fury and explosive energy. Solnit recounts how she came to recognize the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled her, the trauma that changed her, and the authority figures who routinely disdained and disbelieved girls and women, including her. Looking back, she sees all these as consequences of the voicelessness that was and still is the ordinary condition of women, and how she contended with that while becoming a writer and a public voice for women''s rights. She explores the forces that liberated her as a person and as a writer--books themselves, the gay men around her who offered other visions of what gender, family, and joy could be, and her eventual arrival in the spacious landscapes and overlooked conflicts of the American West. These influences taught her how to write in the way she has ever since, and gave her a voice that has resonated with and empowered many others.

What happens to society when we are not held back by the neoliberal narrative?

Los hombres me explican cosas, de Rebecca Solnit, es una de las obras que más han conmovido en los últimos años el debate internacional sobre la violencia contra las mujeres. Compilado y publicado en inglés por primera vez en 2014, el volumen reúne ensayos sobre las formas de silenciamiento del género femenino, desde el mansplaining hasta la pandemia de femicidios que afecta tanto a Oriente como a Occidente, y que Solnit aborda como demostraciones de distinto grado de una misma enfermedad cultural que se expresa a través del odio a las mujeres. Anterior a movimientos como Ni una menos y #MeToo, Los hombres me explican cosas es un libro pionero que pone en perspectiva histórica y mundial, entre otras cuestiones, el problema de la credibilidad de las víctimas de violaciones, las luchas por los derechos de las mujeres y los movimientos de concientización y denuncia de los abusos que afectan en todo el mundo a la población femenina, y con ella a la sociedad humana en su conjunto. Un libro urgente y necesario, Los hombres me explican cosas es a su vez una introducción a la obra sustanciosa de Rebecca Solnit, y a su pensamiento al mismo tiempo vasto y enfocado, que cautiva por su claridad, su honestidad y su entereza.

Feminist essays for the #MeToo era from “the voice of the resistance,” the international bestselling author of Men Explain Things to Me (The New York Times Magazine). Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men and particularly white men are trying to hang onto the old versions and their own centrality. In Whose Story Is This? Rebecca Solnit appraises what’s emerging and why it matters and what the obstacles are. Praise for Rebecca Solnit and her essays “Rebecca Solnit is essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “In these times of political turbulence and an increasingly rabid and scrofulous commentariat, the sanity, wisdom and clarity of Rebecca Solnit’s writing is a forceful corrective. Whose Story Is This? is a scorchingly intelligent collection about the struggle to control narratives in the internet age.” —The Guardian “Solnit’s passionate, shrewd, and hopeful critiques are a road map for positive change.” —Kirkus Reviews “Solnit’s exquisite essays move between the political and the personal, the intellectual and the earthy.” —Elle “Rebecca Solnit reasserts herself here as one of the most astute cultural critics in progressive discourse.” —Publishers Weekly “No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that’s marked this new millennium.” —Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org

This 20" x 20" map, created by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and originally featured in their New York atlas Nonstop Metropolis, reimagines New York City''s subway stations named after great women. "How does it impact our imaginations that so many places in so many cities are named after men and so few after women? What kind of landscape do we move through when streets and parks and statues and bridges are gendered--Astor Place, Lafayette Street, Madison Avenue, Lincoln Center, Washington Square, the Frick, Rockefeller Center, Penn Station, the Bronx, the Hudson--and it''s usually one gender, and not another? What kind of silence arises in places that so seldom speak of and to women? This map was made to sing the praises of the extraordinary women who have, since the beginning, been shapers and heroes of this city that has always been, secretly, a City of Women. And why not the subway? This is a history still emerging from underground, a reminder that it''s all connected, and that we get around." --Rebecca Solnit

“What would the world look like if girls grew up reading fairytales made from the magic they carry inside themselves? Breathtakingly beautiful, is what.” —Lidia Yuknavich, national bestselling author In her debut children’s book, Rebecca Solnit reimagines a classic fairytale with a fresh, feminist Cinderella and new plot twists that will inspire young readers to change the world, featuring gorgeous silhouettes from Arthur Rackham on each page. In this modern twist on the classic story, Cinderella, who would rather just be Ella, meets her fairy godmother, goes to a ball, and makes friends with a prince. But that is where the familiar story ends. Instead of waiting to be rescued, Cinderella learns that she can save herself and those around her by being true to herself and standing up for what she believes. “Being a princess is absolutely fine if that’s what you choose. It’s having those choices taken away from you that make for big problems. Cinderella in Solnit’s book is given that choice. She’s allowed to say what her dreams are, and then she goes out and attains them. And they’re not huge ridiculous dreams but small, happy, manageable ones. Ultimately, that’s the gift Ms. Solnit is giving kids with this book.” —School Library Journal “This is a reminder of hope and possibility, of kindness and compassion, and—perhaps most salient—imagination and liberty. Through the imaginations of our childhoods, can we find our true selves liberated in adulthood?” —Chelsea Handler “This is, hands down, a wonderful book—one that even the jaded reader will clasp upon completion with a contented sigh.” —The New York Times

Qui a été historiquement réduit au silence, et pourquoi ? Comment les femmes et les minorités sont-elles parvenues à récupérer, ou non, leur parole ? En quoi un changement politique est-il avant tout un changement de récit ? Pour répondre à ces questions, Rebecca Solnit balaye un grand nombre de sujets, de l''histoire des droits civiques et de l''esclavage, à la culture du viol dans les campus américains, en passant par la masculinité toxique. On retrouve ici la vivacité d''esprit de l''auteure, son opiniâtreté à déjouer tout ce qui, dans la culture, dans les institutions, dans la sphère publique, entend amoindrir la parole des femmes, et réduire leur place. Rebecca Solnit y met au jour les normes sous-jacentes contenues dans nos discours. Traduit de l''anglais (États-Unis) par Céline Leroy

Die USA stecken in der Krise: Spätestens seit dem Wahlerfolg Donald Trumps erhalten wir tagtäglich Beispiele dafür, wie gespalten das Land ist und welch tiefe Gräben Rassismus, Frauenfeindlichkeit, Gentrifizierung, Klassen- und eine verfehlte Umweltpolitik in die Gesellschaft schlagen. Ob die Anfeindungen Hillary Clintons im Wahlkampf, tödliche Polizeieinsätze, unterdrückte Wählerstimmen, das unsolidarische Ideal des Selfmademans oder die Leugnung des Klimawandels - in aller Deutlichkeit benennt Rebecca Solnit himmelschreiende Missstände des heutigen Amerika. Zugleich erteilt sie der Resignation eine klare Absage und ruft zum Glauben an die eigene Macht und zum Handeln auf, denn: "Hoffnung ist der Glaube daran, dass das, was wir tun, möglicherweise von Belang ist. Das Wissen, dass die Zukunft jetzt noch nicht geschrieben ist."

Rebecca Solnit blev et ikon, da hun med sit skarpe og veloplagte essay Mænd forklarer mig ting satte ord på den lidt nedladende måde, nogle mænd forklarer kvinder noget, de allerede ved. Solnits beskrivelse gik sin sejrsgang over hele verden, og begrebet mansplaining var født. Titelessayet er humoristisk, men slår også en alvorligere tone an, for mansplaining kradser kun i overfladen af dybere kvindefjendske strukturer. Solnit kaster her lys over, hvordan den systematiske vold og undertrykkelse af kvinder viser sig i forskellige former for magtudøvelse, om det så drejer sig om gruppevoldtægter, seksuelle krænkelser eller en toppolitikers overgreb på en stuepige i New York. Rebecca Solnit (f. 1961) er prisvindende amerikansk historiker, aktivist og forfatter til 18 bøger om bl.a. landskab, miljø, kunst og politik. Hun er en af USA’s fremmeste og mest læste essayister.

Opfølgeren til den moderne klassiker Mænd forklarer mig ting. I 12 nye skarpe og tankevækkende essays uddyber forfatteren og aktivisten Rebecca Solnit sine analyser af kønsroller og magtforhold. De handler om kvinder, som nægter at bliver tiet ihjel, om vold mod kvinder, om voldtægt-jokens historie, men også om Virginia Woolf, hollywoodfilmen Giganten og om de 80 bøger, enhver kvinde bør undgå. En rød tråd gennem essayene er tavshed og fortielse, og de mange forskellige måder kvinder – men også mænd – tvinges til tavshed på. Men også den nye feministiske bevægelse, som er ved at vokse frem, og som hastigt er i gang med at ændre vores syn på samtykke, magt, rettigheder, køn og repræsentation. Rebecca Solnit (f. 1961) er prisvindende amerikansk historiker, aktivist og forfatter til 18 bøger om bl.a. landskab, miljø, kunst og politik. Hun er en af USA’s fremmeste og mest læste essayister. Pressen skriver: ››Solnits essays er veloplagte, sjove, gennemarbejdede og velskrevne og fulde af de små ting, som vi skylder hinanden - både mænd og kvinder - at være mere opmærksomme på. Hendes grundighed og måde at gennemskue virkeligheden på er dybt inspirerende. ‹‹ ***** ? Femina ››Rebecca Solnits to essaysamlinger Mænd forklarer mig ting og Alle spørgsmåls moder, der nu udgives samlet på dansk, handler i høj grad om tavshed... De er som den kontante, morsomme og ikke mindst rammende replik, man drømmer om at komme med, når nogen siger noget dumt.‹‹ – Information ››Efter at have læst den amerikanske historiker og kulturkritiker Rebeccas Solnits to essaysamlinger Mænd forklarer mig ting og Alle spørgsmåls moder går det med nogen forsinkelse op for mig, at det er nødvendigt at skue grundigt indad... Hendes dybe indignation over måden, kvinder har været reduceret til parenteser i kulturhistorien indtil slutningen af 1960erne, og stadig med et heftigt efterslæb, er stærkt brændstof. ‹‹ – Weekendavisen ››der er en uforskrækkethed over hendes essays... Fra voldtægt til Trump, over miljøaktivisme, ulighedsdebatter, skoleskyderier og det kulturelle ønske om kvinders tavshed. Altsammen båret af et ukrænkeligt håb om forandring. ‹‹ – Berlingske ››Begge essaysamlinger handler om tavshed og opgøret med den. Både den tavshed, talende mænd pålægger kvinder, når de afbryder dem, den tavshed, ofre for overgreb tvinges ind i, eller den tavshed angående følelser, som patriarkatet pålægger mænd... Solnit er popfeminismens store stjerne... spiddende og morsom...‹‹ – Politiken ››Rebecca Solnit har uden tvivl styr på hvad hun skriver om, og det emmer samlingen, eller rettere samlingerne, af. Der er ingen tvivl om at jeg skal læse mere af hende! Mænd forklarer mig ting / Alle spørgsmåls moder er en af de bedste essay-samlinger jeg længe har læst og uden tvivl også en af de bedste feministiske værker. En uforglemmelig, berigende læseoplevelse som jeg kun kan anbefale hvis man interesserer sig for emnet. ‹‹ – Frk. Litteratur ››Hvis man var i tvivl om, at #metoo ikke er for det bedste og fuld berettiget, så burde man tage at læse den her bog. Den sætter det hele i perspektiv. Og jeg tror ikke, at der er nogen der bagefter vil påstå, at den bevægelse ikke har gjort en masse godt. ... Og måske er lige netop denne bog bedst til mænd, fordi den indeholder så mange fakta, som ikke er til at løbe fra ‹‹ – Skrivepulten

I disse essayene starter Solnits refleksjoner i landskapet. I behovet for og lykken ved å miste orienteringsevnen i landskapet danner en metafor for nødvendigheten av å trø utenfor de oppmerkede stiene Den amerikanske forfatteren Rebecca Solnit er en av våre absolutt skarpeste nålevende essayister. Hun er en like stor fornøyelse å lese uansett tema.

Beginning with the election of Donald Trump ("The Loneliest Man in the World") and expanding back and forth into American history, surveillance, violence against the individual, the denormalizing of misogyny and the rehumanizing of public space. The ultimate focus of the book is climate and feminist activism, bringing Solnit''s trademark deep analysis to bear on a range of contemporary crises. And again, and spectacularly, she shows us how to hope.

Em seu ensaio icônico “Os Homens Explicam Tudo para Mim”, Rebecca Solnit foca seu olhar inquisitivo no tema dos direitos da mulher começando por nos contar um episódio cômico: um homem passou uma festa inteira falando de um livro que “ela deveria ler”, se

In De moeder aller vragen rekent Rebecca Solnit af met vele misvattingen die diep in onze cultuur geworteld zijn. Het titelessay verwijst bijvoorbeeld naar de vraag die een journalist aan Solnit stelde tijdens een lezing over Virginia Woolf. Waarom bleef Woolf kinderloos? Solnit moest deze vraag zelf ook meermaals beantwoorden. Hoe vaak zou die vraag aan een mannelijke auteur worden gesteld? Dit is slechts een van de vele ingesleten denkbeelden die Solnit onder de loep neemt in de opvolger van Mannen leggen me altijd alles uit. Sinds de komst van president Trump is haar verontwaardiging over de groeiende ongelijkheid in de Westerse samenleving met de dag toegenomen. Met haar glasheldere inzichten toont ze zich een van de belangrijkste activistische schrijvers van deze tijd, zonder ook maar een moment in dogma’s te vervallen. ‘Solnit is een meester in het blootleggen van de donkere onderstromen van gewone, alledaagse situaties.’ ELLE

Vi lever i en orolig tid när utvecklingen inom världspoliu00adtiken tycks absurd, klimatkatau00adstroflarmen ljuder allt högre och klyftorna i samhället bara blir djupare. Därför ger vi nu ut Rebecca Solnits klassiska aktivistbok Hopp som aldrig tidigare kommit på svenska. I Hopp fångar Rebecca Solnit de senaste 50 årens historia av aktivism och samhällelig förändring, från Berlinmurens fall till de världsomfattande demonstrationstågen mot kriget i Irak. Genom att lyssna till några av de senaste århundradets största tänkare, så som Woolf, Gandhi, Borges, Benjamin och Havel, formulerar Solnit en tidlös vision kring politisk förändring. För att orka fortsätta kämpa, menar Solnit, måste vi erkänna de enorma framsteg som gjorts tack vare enskilda personers engagemang, men också lära oss leva med att framtiden är osäker och att de direkta följderna av vårt handlande inte alltid är uppenbara. Hopp kräver handling och handling hopp och nu behövs denna samverkan mer än någonsin. Hopp (Hope in the dark) utkom första gången 2004. I de helt nyskrivna föru00ad- och efteroru00adden berättar Solnit om bokens uppkomst och om vägen till framtidstro och handling i ett samhälle som kan kännas både osäkert och skrämmande.

»Warum haben Sie keine Kinder?« Diese »Mutter aller Fragen« wird Rebecca Solnit hartnäckig von Journalisten gestellt, die sich mehr für ihren Bauch als für ihre Bücher interessieren. Warum gilt Mutterschaft noch immer als Schlüssel zur weiblichen Identität? Die Autorin findet die Antwort darauf in der Ideologie des Glücks und tritt dafür ein, lieber nach Sinn als nach Glück zu streben. Außerdem erklärt sie in ihren Essays, warum die Geschichte des Schweigens mit der Geschichte der Frauen untrennbar verknüpft ist, warum fünfjährige Jungen auf rosa Spielzeug lieber verzichten, und nennt 80 Bücher, die keine Frau lesen sollte. Sie schreibt über Männer, die Feministen und Männer, die Vergewaltiger sind, und setzt sich gegen jegliches Schubladendenken zur Wehr. Wenn Männer mir die Welt erklären sorgte weltweit für Furore – in ihren neuen Essays setzt Rebecca Solnit ebenso scharfsichtig wie humorvoll ihre Erkundung der heutigen Geschlechterverhältnisse fort. Ein wichtiges, Mut machendes Buch aus dezidiert feministischer Perspektive, über und für alle, die Geschlechteridentitäten infrage stellen und für eine freiere Welt eintreten.

«Un libro acuto e audace... tipicamente Solnit.» Publishers Weekly «La voce della Solnit non ha paura, nel suo arco ha frecce potenti.» The Independent «In questi saggi accessibili a tutti l''autrice affronta i grandi temi del gender e del potere. Una lettura fondamentale per chi vuole approfondire la discussione sul femminismo e la società contemporanea.» San Francisco Chronicle Ci sono molti modi per sentirsi superiori, più forti, più bravi, più sapienti e potenti. La sopraffazione non passa solo per la violenza fisica, l’umiliazione, la dipendenza economica, ma anche da meccanismi più semplici, da comportamenti più sottili e socialmente accettati da tutti. La violenza sulle donne comincia anche da una conversazione dove le donne vengono messe a tacere. Cosa non funziona in queste conversazioni? Gli uomini pensano erroneamente di sapere cose che le donne non sanno e, senza farsi domande, iniziano a spiegarle. In questa selezione dei suoi scritti femministi più noti, Rebecca Solnit spiega perché ciò accade e ne sottolinea il lato grottesco. Con la sua prosa elegante e incisiva mette a nudo alcuni degli aspetti più imbarazzanti, crudi e folli della società maschilista, invitando a riflettere tutti coloro che ne hanno il coraggio.

“A collection of viewpoints aimed at piercing the fug of misogyny and racism that has held sway after the 2016 election.” —Elle (The Best Books to Read This Fall) When 53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and 94 percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite in Trump’s America? Nasty Women includes inspiring essays from a diverse group of talented women writers who seek to provide a broad look at how we got here and what we need to do to move forward. Featuring essays by REBECCA SOLNIT on Trump and his “misogyny army,” CHERYL STRAYED on grappling with the aftermath of Hillary Clinton’s loss, SARAH HEPOLA on resisting the urge to drink after the election, NICOLE CHUNG on family and friends who support Trump, KATHA POLLITT on the state of reproductive rights and what we do next, JILL FILIPOVIC on Trump’s policies and the life of a young woman in West Africa, SAMANTHA IRBY on racism and living as a queer black woman in rural America, RANDA JARRAR on traveling across the country as a queer Muslim American, SARAH HOLLENBECK on Trump’s cruelty toward the disabled, MEREDITH TALUSAN on feminism and the transgender community, and SARAH JAFFE on the labor movement and active and effective resistance, among others. “With essays from Cheryl Strayed, Alicia Garza, Katha Pollitt, and marieclaire.com contributing editor Jessica Valenti, among others, this collection will keep you fired up for the next three years.” —Marie Claire “An important guide showing what intersectional feminism actually looks like . . . compelling.” —Rewire

Em seu ensaio icônico \"Os Homens Explicam Tudo para Mim\

A consagrada autora que deu origem ao termo mansplaining volta ao tema do feminismo com novos ensaios poderosos e esclarecedores. Rebecca Solnit é hoje uma das principais pensadoras do feminismo contemporâneo. Autora do famoso ensaio que deu origem ao termo mansplaining, que veio revolucionar o vocabulário das discussões sobre gênero, sua obra é leitura obrigatória tanto para as pessoas mais experimentadas no tema quanto para aqueles que desejam se iniciar em um dos principais debates da sociedade atual. Em A mãe de todas as perguntas, Solnit parte das ideias centrais de maternidade e silenciamento feminino para tecer comentários indispensáveis sobre diferentes temas do feminismo: misoginia, violência contra a mulher, fragilidade masculina, o histórico recente de piadas sobre estupro e outros mais. Cristalinos e contundentes, seus ensaios devolvem ao tema toda a gravidade ele merece, sem abrir mão da poesia e do humor característicos de sua escrita.

In Mannen leggen me altijd alles uit maakt Rebecca Solnit duidelijk hoe onze samenleving nog altijd is doortrokken van ongelijkheid tussen de seksen. In het titelessay introduceert ze het verschijnsel dat inmiddels bekendstaat als ‘mansplaining’. Waarom gaan mannen ervan uit dat ze alles weten? En, minstens zo erg, waarom laten vrouwen zich gewillig de mond snoeren? Marja Pruis laat in het voorwoord haar licht schijnen op het fenomeen Solnit. ‘Verhelderend, geruststellend en nog grappig ook. Mijn boek van het jaar.’ LENA DUNHAM ‘Solnit is idealistisch op de enige geloofwaardige manier: woedend op de werkelijkheid zonder blind te zijn voor de complexiteit.’ DE GROENE AMSTERDAMMER ‘Scherpzinnige, eigentijdse reflecties over de ongelijkheid tussen mannen en vrouwen.’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

A collection of feminist essays steeped in “Solnit’s unapologetically observant and truth-speaking voice on toxic, violent masculinity” (The Los Angeles Review). In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more. In characteristic style, “Solnit draw[s] anecdotes of female indignity or male aggression from history, social media, literature, popular culture, and the news . . . The main essay in the book is about the various ways that women are silenced, and Solnit focuses upon the power of storytelling—the way that who gets to speak, and about what, shapes how a society understands itself and what it expects from its members. The Mother of All Questions poses the thesis that telling women’s stories to the world will change the way that the world treats women, and it sets out to tell as many of those stories as possible” (The New Yorker). “There’s a new feminist revolution—open to people of all genders—brewing right now and Rebecca Solnit is one of its most powerful, not to mention beguiling, voices.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times–bestselling author of Natural Causes “Short, incisive essays that pack a powerful punch.” —Publishers Weekly “A keen and timely commentary on gender and feminism. Solnit’s voice is calm, clear, and unapologetic; each essay balances a warm wit with confident, thoughtful analysis, resulting in a collection that is as enjoyable and accessible as it is incisive.” —Booklist

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Mona Hatoum: Terra infirma organized by The Menil Collection, Houston, October 13, 2017-February 28, 2018.

Solnit reflexiona sobre los logros cruciales que han conseguido los activistas de base en multitud de protestas y revoluciones, desde las más conocidas y estudiadas como el movimiento de los derechos civiles estadounidenses o la caída del Muro de Berlín, a otras como las exitosas protestas contra las pruebas nucleares en Nevada o la restauración del río Los Ángeles.