What Do Women Want?

Bread, Roses, Sex, Power

By: Erica Jong

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Paperback | 1 April 2000 | Edition Number 1

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222 Pages

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13.1 x 19.3 x 1.9

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Erica Jong, who has taken the fear out of flying and being fifty, now weighs up the currency of that other 'F' word, feminism. This is a kaleidoscopic collection of Jong's provocative prose, covering politics, pornography, motherhood and writing, with turns in the limelight from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Lolita, Princess Diana and Louise Woodward. Erica Jong surfs the much vaulted 'waves' of feminism from bold ancestors and pioneering activists through 'sexual harassment commandos' towards a new millennial sexual politics with a truce between the sexes. As always with Jong, the vision is fresh, unpredictable and upbeat.

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Of course, only an expert can answer this, with another providing the introduction: Naomi Wolf. She described Jong as the 'first literature female avatar', paying her the more valid compliment of treating her work as 'a sacred calling'. However, at first glance, we're informed that women really want power, sex, bread and roses. Rest assured, she goes on about much more than this. Embarrassingly for her daughter, she incorporates many personal experiences. The most engaging aspects of this book are when Jong dissects the lives and images of some of the most prominent women of recent times: Princess Diana; Hillary Clinton; Lolita. Her ability to merge a poetic style with an I-call-a-spade-a-spade-type attitude, fortunately, maeks up for her rather cringe-worthy tales of motherhood. (Kirkus UK)

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