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She won a pulitzer prize for explanatory journalism in 1991, for a report on the leveraged buyout of safeway stores, inc. The undeclared war against american women by susan faludi 20060815. In our examination of the worlds war against women, let us look first at how it is played out. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The book became a bestseller and was awarded the national books critics circle award. Faludi looks at the gains made by the women s movement in the 1970s and they way they were opposed in the 1980s.
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Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Newsday todays political climate leaves no doubt that american women are still being assaulted by the same antifeminist backlash messages that susan faludi. Todays political climate leaves no doubt that american women are still being assaulted by the same antifeminist backlash messages that susan faludi brilliantly exposed in her 1991 bestseller. This undeclared war against american woman was exemplified by the popular idea that women had moved from. As she interviews women like faith popcorn and tony grant, who insist that women are now into being homemakers again by choice, she describes how these women are at their happiest when they are managing their successful careers. Susan faludi is a reporter for the wall street journal.
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