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7479456The Womenhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-women-9780141999753/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7082783/image.jpg?v=638811672068730000240282MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/<p>What are the forces that shape us? In <em>The Women</em>, Hilton Als exploreswith breath taking originalitythe role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including: his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write; Malcolm Xs mother, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her sons burgeoning misogyny and fear; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men; and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the authors development as a gay man, and thinker.</p><p>Combining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, <em>The Women</em> is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing no mercy but every tenderness. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.</p>...7103827The Women240282https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-women-9780141999753/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7082783/image.jpg?v=638811672068730000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook2025Inglés