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4870529The Womenhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-women-9781466820746/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2648913/51e74406-1c15-4869-8343-8a2bb25ae39c.jpg?v=638690578249500000206251MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/<p>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book</p><p>Daring and fiercely original, <em>The Women</em> is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It is conceived as a series of portraits analyzing the role that sexual and racial identity played in the lives and work of the writers subjects: his mother, a self-described "Negress," who would not be defined by the limitations of race and gender; the mother of Malcolm X, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her sons misogyny and racism; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who rarely identified with other blacks or women, but deeply empathized with white gay men; and the late Owen Dodson, a poet and dramatist who was female-identified and who played an important role in the authors own social and intellectual formation.</p><p>Hilton Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to his inimitable scrutiny with relentless humor and sympathy. The results are exhilarating. <em>The Women</em> is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.</p>...3097096The Women206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-women-9781466820746/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2648913/51e74406-1c15-4869-8343-8a2bb25ae39c.jpg?v=638690578249500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook19989781466820746_W3siaWQiOiJhODdiNDY2Ny1mYTVkLTRhNzctYTFlOS0wZmZmOTc2MGVlYjciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMjM6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781466820746_<p>A <em>New York Times</em> Notable Book</p><p>Daring and fiercely original, <em>The Women</em> is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It is conceived as a series of portraits analyzing the role that sexual and racial identity played in the lives and work of the writers subjects: his mother, a self-described "Negress," who would not be defined by the limitations of race and gender; the mother of Malcolm X, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her sons misogyny and racism; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who rarely identified with other blacks or women, but deeply empathized with white gay men; and the late Owen Dodson, a poet and dramatist who was female-identified and who played an important role in the authors own social and intellectual formation.</p><p>Hilton Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to his inimitable scrutiny with relentless humor and sympathy. The results are exhilarating. <em>The Women</em> is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.</p>...9781466820746_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_9781466820746_9781466820746Hilton AlsInglésMéxico2024-03-26T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-751fe1f3-943a-4718-b14a-0779ad525c12.epubFarrar, Straus and Giroux