The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution
| Title | The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution |
| Year for Search | 1970 |
| Authors | Firestone, Shulamith(1945-2012) |
| Date Published | 1970 |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Canadian author, Female author, US author |
| Annotation | One of the more radical feminist texts of the time, which ends with a chapter entitled "The Ultimate Revolution: Demands and Speculations" (183-224) [called "Conclusion: The Ultimate Revolution" (232-74) in the U.K. ed.]; and, in the rev. ed. a section called "Alternatives" (226-42) outlining a future feminist eutopia. The book ends with a chart outlining the history of the position of women from the beginnings into a far future "cosmic consciousness". |
| Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Rev. ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1971. |
| Author Note | The female author (1945-2012) was born Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein in Canada and raised in the U.S. |
| Full Text | 1970 Firestone, Shulamith (1945-2012). The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution. New York: William Morrow. U.K. ed. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. Rev. ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1971. The author was born Shulamith Bath Shmuel Ben Ari Feuerstein in Canada and raised in the U.S. One of the more radical feminist texts of the time, which ends with a chapter entitled “The Ultimate Revolution: Demands and Speculations” (183-224) [called “Conclusion: The Ultimate Revolution” (232-74) in the U.K. ed.]; and, in the rev. ed. a section called “Alternatives” (226-42) outlining a future feminist eutopia. The book ends with a chart outlining the history of the position of women from the beginnings into a far future “cosmic consciousness”. Female author. |
