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From: turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin)
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Subject: Re: great books?
Summary: Book recommendations & one author.
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Date: 5 Mar 90 20:05:26 GMT
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These are all interesting and enlightening non-fiction with a
feminist theme.

	Marilyn French, "Beyond Power: On Men, Women, and Morals"
	A modern feminist tome.  Ambitious, well written, 
	thoughtful, and moving.

	Gerda Lerner, "The Creation of Patriarchy"
	Historical examination of the origin of Judeo-Christian
	ideas about sex and gender.  Illuminating.  ("When God
	was a Woman", whose author I forget, is an easier read
	along the same lines.)

	Hester Eisenstein, "Contemporary Feminist Thought"
	Survey with some comments on famous feminist writers 
	(de Beauvior, Brownmiller, etc).  Describes the different
	feminist stances, and makes apparent how they conflict.

As far as fiction goes, there is one author I would like to recommend, 
even though she may not qualify as a feminist.  Dorothy Parker wrote
short stories, poems, and book reviews.  She was a contemporary of
Mencken's and had an even more biting wit.  One of her short poems
ends this posting.

Russell

		Life is a glorious cycle of song,
		a medly of extemporania,
		Love is a thing that can never go wrong,
		and I am Marie of Roumania.