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Catfight

Women and Competition

Leora Tanenbaum

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English
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
01 August 2011
Catfight- Women and Competition is Leora Tanenbaum's dissection of the gender war waged among women. Tanenbaum meticulously analyzes the roots of destructive competitiveness among women, asserting that ""catfights"" thrive because, despite women's many gains, American women are conditioned to regard each other as adversaries rather than allies. She investigates the arenas-from diets to dating, from the boardroom to the delivery room- in which American women are apt to compare their lives with the lives of others in a tacit contest over who is the ""better"" woman, a contest in which no one wins.

Throughout Catfight, Leora Tanenbaum puts her own life experiences under the lens of scrutiny. As a writer, a friend, a mother, a wife, and a daughter, she analyzes her own insecurities and background and how these influence her relations with other women. With the sociologist's perspective of a Barbara Ehrenreich and the feminist outrage of a Gloria Steinem, Tanenbaum demythologizes the age-old ""catfight.""
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Imprint:   Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 144mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   526g
ISBN:   9781583225202
ISBN 10:   158322520X
Pages:   288
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Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  A / AS level
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Leora Tanenbaum, author of Slut!: Growing up Female with a Bad Reputation, has written for Seventeen, Ms., Newsday and The Nation, among other publications.

Reviews for Catfight: Women and Competition

Leora is one of the most astute and thoughtful of the new generation of feminist writers. - Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation and Bitch; Tanenbaum [has made a] bold step into the literary world to start a bold discussion. - Newsday; An eye-opening book. - Redbook


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