Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant

by Andrea Dworkin

Book Overview

Always innovative, often controversial, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin has carved out a unique position as one of the women's movement's most influential figures, from the early days of consciousness-raising to the "post-feminist" present. A tireless defender of women's rights, especially the rights of those who have been raped and assaulted, and a relentless critic of pornography, Dworkin is one of feminism's most rigorous minds and fiercest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465017541
• ISBN13: 9780465017546
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Intense love-literature!

I love Andrea Dworkin. Her books are so filled with rage and utter hatred that the most vile texts pale in comparison. This is the blistering manifesto of a soul that is bent on revenge and destruction of her enemies. Dworkin stews and boils in the flames of abuse, victimization and rejection that consume her wild imagination. Dworkin is out to roll over any man-folk and weaker female that stands in her way. Dworkin's MASSIVE intelect is focused like a super powered lazer beam on the very heart of the he-man patriarchy that has caused her so much pain and suffering. Dworkin's STEAMROLLERESQUE prose will send even the most macho he-devil a-runnin'. Dworkin ain't the BIG name in feminism for nothing.

A very personal, warm story by a well-known figure

Andrea Dworkin is one of the most controversial feminists of her generation and writes here about the people and ideas which influenced her political awareness. Chapters recount a bookworm childhood in Delaware, early activist years, and her growing disillusionment with the feminist movement's struggles. Heartbreak is a very personal, warm story by a well-known figure.

Electric politics

I've never read anything by Dworkin before, so I was quite amazed by this collection of memoir essays. In each, Andrea Dworkin relays memories that helped shape her politics, her life, her intensity. For me, the book came alive and turned electric like Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" did, where ultimately it caused my eyes to become more open to social politics. Dworkin's memoir shows that sometimes tiny events can cause one to change, and sometimes the change is almost imperceptible until later reflection. It's amazing to see how a voracious reader and a zealous advocate began.