{"product_id":"stiffed-20th-anniversary-edition-the-roots-of-modern-male-rage-paperback","title":"Stiffed 20th Anniversary Edition: The Roots of Modern Male Rage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Faludi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis 20th-anniversary edition of the extraordinary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller features a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e new introduction from the author!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003eis a brilliant, important book.. Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with breathtaking confidence and beauty... She goes a long way toward eliminating the black and white, good and evil, male and female polarities that have riven the sexes in the past three decades...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, internationally renowned feminist journalist Susan Faludi ignited a revival of the women's movement with her revelatory investigative reportage: \u003cem\u003eBacklash\u003c\/em\u003e was nothing less than a landmark, uncovering an \"undeclared war\" against women's equality in the media, advertising, Hollywood, the workplace, and government--a war that is still being fought today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e may be even more essential than \u003cem\u003eBacklash \u003c\/em\u003eto understanding the cultural riptides that led to Trumpian America. Here, Faludi turns her attention to the so-called \"Angry Male\" politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, \u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003egoes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior--that it's driven by chromosomes or hormones--to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood. Faludi's vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a \"utilitarian\" manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an \"ornamental\" masculinity shaped by entertainment, marketing, and performance values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi's analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. \u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52766620942643,"sku":"9780062858412","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uzcVLLfQMN9780062858412.webp?v=1764656278","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/stiffed-20th-anniversary-edition-the-roots-of-modern-male-rage-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}