We should all be feminists
In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her underst...
| Main Author: | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Anchor Books,
2015.
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| Summary: |
In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman now -- and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists. |
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| Item Description: |
"An Anchor Books original"--Title page verso. " ... first presented as a TED Talk given in the United Kingdom at TEDxEuston, in 2012"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: |
52 pages ; 16 cm |
| ISBN: |
110191176X 9781101911761 |
| Author Notes: |
Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus, was published in 2003 and received the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in 2005. Her other books include The Thing around Your Neck, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminist. Half of a Yellow Sun won the Orange Prize in 2007. She was awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize, for her body of work that shows 'outstanding literary merit'. (Bowker Author Biography) |