The Female Eunuch

by Germaine Greer Narrated by Germaine Greer

Overview

The 50th Anniversary edition of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract.

`The Female Eunuch retains that power of transformation; it asserts the possibility of creativity within female experience' Guardian

A worldwide bestseller, translated into over twelve languages, The Female Eunuch is a landmark in the history of the women's movement.

Drawing liberally from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Germaine Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is at once an important social commentary and a passionately argued masterpiece of polemic.

Probably the most famous, most widely read book on feminism ever.

Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch is a top-rated book that explores the theory of gender and sexuality. It is a political self-help guide that advocates for freedom and has significantly influenced gender studies.

For fans of Victoria Smith (Hags), Julie Bindel (Feminism for Women), Naomi Wolf (The Beauty Myth), Laura Bates (Sisters of Sword and Shadow), and Helen Lewis (Difficult Women).

Editorial Reviews

Newsweek

A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity and eroticism.

New York Times Book Review

Brilliantly written, quirky and sensible, full of bile and insight.

Booknews

A new edition of the seminal feminist treatise that launched Greer's writing career. She calls it part of the second feminist wave<-->of ungenteel middle-class women calling for revolution as opposed to the earlier genteel middle-class ladies clamoring for reform. The first edition was published by MacGibbon and Kee in Britain in 1970. After three decades, it survives without either an index or a mention in . Former editor Jennifer Baumgardner contributes an introduction putting it in current context. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From the Publisher

A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity, and eroticism.” — Newsweek

“Brilliantly written, quirky and sensible, full of bile and insight.” — New York Times Book Review

“Intelligent, funny and beautifully written.” — Vogue

“The best feminist book so far . . . A book with personality, a book that knows the distinction between the self and the other, a book that combines the best of masculinity and femininity.” — New York Times

“A dazzling tract, erudite, outrageous, funny.” — Cosmopolitan

“This book changed my life. Germaine Greer is brave and crazy, serious and fun, sharp and sexy.” — Adventures of Sword & Sorcery

“At times funny, at times ferocious, and at times frustrating, The Female Eunuch remains an important historical document, one which makes palpable both the passion and the venom that brought feminism’s second wave to life.” — Adelaide Advertiser

“Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer’s punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women.” — Adult Leadership

Adventures of Sword & Sorcery

This book changed my life. Germaine Greer is brave and crazy, serious and fun, sharp and sexy.

Newsweek

A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity, and eroticism.

Vogue

Intelligent, funny and beautifully written.

New York Times

The best feminist book so far . . . A book with personality, a book that knows the distinction between the self and the other, a book that combines the best of masculinity and femininity.

Cosmopolitan

A dazzling tract, erudite, outrageous, funny.

Adelaide Advertiser

At times funny, at times ferocious, and at times frustrating, The Female Eunuch remains an important historical document, one which makes palpable both the passion and the venom that brought feminism’s second wave to life.

Adult Leadership

Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer’s punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women.

Leora Tanenbaum

Like a woman, this book gets better with age. Greer’s punchy prose and all-too-true observations motivate you to go out and do something to liberate yourself-and other women.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

This book changed my life. Germaine Greer is brave and crazy, serious and fun, sharp and sexy.

Debbie Stoller

At times funny, at times ferocious, and at times frustrating, The Female Eunuch remains an important historical document, one which makes palpable both the passion and the venom that brought feminism’s second wave to life.

Cosmopolitan

A dazzling tract, erudite, outrageous, funny.

Cosmopolitan

A dazzling tract, erudite, outrageous, funny.

New York Times

The best feminist book so far . . . A book with personality, a book that knows the distinction between the self and the other, a book that combines the best of masculinity and femininity.

Vogue

Intelligent, funny and beautifully written.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

This book changed my life. Germaine Greer is brave and crazy, serious and fun, sharp and sexy.

New York Times Book Review

Brilliantly written, quirky and sensible, full of bile and insight.

Newsweek

A dazzling combination of erudition, eccentricity, and eroticism.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173172365
Publisher:	HarperCollins UK
Publication date:	10/15/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

Videos