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The querelle des femmes or "dispute of women" originally referred to a literary genre and broad debate, that originated in humanistic and aristocratic circles in the Italian peninsula and France during the early modern period, regarding the nature of women, their capabilities, and whether they should be permitted to study, write, or govern in the same manner as men.
Backlash is Susan Faludi's 550 page analysis of social, economic and political inequities and resulting difficulties American women faced in the 1980s. [citation needed] The book was hailed as "the most vehement and unapologetic call to arms to issue from the feminist camp in many years", [3] and "a rich compendium of fascinating information and an indictment of a system losing its grip."
The outrage caused led to a new school of liberal Indian feminism and a new vision for Indian women. [7] This new ideal of an Indian woman was viewed as the model embodiment of what it meant to be Indian in an independent nation state. [7] [4] [8] Annie Besant called Mother India "a remarkably wicked book slandering the whole Indian people". [9]
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
Numerous books have been suppressed "because of language, racial characterization, or depiction of drug use, social class, or sexual orientation of the characters, or other social differences that the challengers viewed as harmful to the readers." [66] There are many examples of books being suppressed on social grounds in the United States.
Even more perhaps than Uncle Tom's Cabin, it fed the fires of sectional controversy leading up to the Civil War; for it had the distinction of being the only book in American history to become the center of bitter and prolonged Congressional debate". [2]: 542 [note 1] In the Northern United States, it became "the book against slavery."
This explicit shushing is a common thread throughout the Grimms' take on folklore; spells of silence are cast on women more than they are on men, and the characters most valued by male suitors are those who speak infrequently, or don't speak at all. On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked.
Women, Race and Class is a 1981 book by the American academic and author Angela Davis.It contains Marxist feminist analysis of gender, race and class.The third book written by Davis, it covers U.S. history from the slave trade and abolitionism movements to the women's liberation movements which began in the 1960s.