Selfish Women

by Lisa Downing

Book Overview

This book proceeds from a single and very simple observation: throughout history, and up to the present, women have received a clear message that we are not supposed to prioritize ourselves. Indeed, the whole question of "self" is a problem for women - and a problem that issues from a wide range of locations, including, in some cases, feminism itself. When women espouse discourses of self-interest, self-regard, and selfishness, they become illegible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367249898
• ISBN13: 9780367249892
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"