Product Description

First published more than twenty years ago, Sexual Politics is one of the most important books ever written on the relationship between the sexes. It has become a classic and world bestseller, enduring not only for its power as a feminist statement but also a superbly reasoned and gracefully written work of literary and cultural analysis. In it Millett brilliantly and wittily writes about, amongst other things, sexual theroy, history, psychoanalysis - Freud and after - and analysis the writings of DH Lawrence, Jean Genet, Norman Mailer and Henry Miller. This revolutionary work shows how patriarchal bias is operated in our history and culture and is reflected in our mythology, religion, social mores and literature.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100983 in Books
• Published on: 1977-08-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
Supremely entertaining, brilliantly conceived, overwhelming in its arguments, breathtaking in its command of history and literature - New York Times A book which must take its place at a single leap in the ranks of the best modern polemical literature - Evening Standard

About the Author
Kate Millett originally wrote Sexual Politics in 1970, putting her at the forefront of the gender discussion. She lives in New York City and on her farm in upstate New York.

Customer Reviews

Inspiring
I am surprised no one has reviewed this book. I read it in the 1970s and again now. Although quite heavy going in places and the stuff on social conditioning now out of date, her critique of male authors stands just as brilliantly as before.