Historian Mary Beard presents a bold manifesto for women’s liberty, exploring the deep roots of misogyny and offering a revolutionary roadmap for change.
An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller
We have to retell stories of women’s power, re-evaluate what power is.
Acclaimed classicist Mary Beard presents a revolutionary manifesto for our time, exploring women in power from Medusa to Merkel and presenting a new feminist roadmap. Hard-hitting, unapologetic and wise.
Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template.
With personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism and gendered aggression she has endured online, Mary asks: if women aren't perceived to be within the structures of power, isn't it power that we need to redefine?
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781788160612
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 113 g
Dimensions: 178 x 110 x 20 mm
Edition: Main
A modern feminist classic - Rachel Cooke, Observer
With clearsightedness and wry humour, this self-described 'gobby woman' proves public speech is no longer the preserve of maleness. More power to her. - Laura Garmeson, FT
... exposes the roots of today's expectations of how a woman should behave ... time for a change, she argues - and now! - Jenni Murray, Guardian
This book is a treasure, both as a fascinating read in itself and as a fine work of reference to correct our lazy misconceptions about an ancient world that still has much to instruct us today - Herald
An urgent feminist cri de coeur, spot-on in its utterly reasonable plea that a woman 'who dares to open her mouth in public' actually be given a hearing. - Kirkus Reviews
Brilliant - Jacqueline Rose, Guardian
Enlightening ... explains how misogyny works and why it is so resilient - Elif Shafak, Guardian
A sparkling and forceful manifesto - New York Times
Clear, rich, subversive and witty - San Francisco Chronicle
An irresistible call for women to speak up, act and redefine their power - People Magazine
Praise for Mary Beard: 'She's pulled off that rare trick of becoming a don with a high media profile who hasn't sold out, who is absolutely respected by the academy for her scholarship ... what she says is always powerful and interesting - Guardian
An irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention - FT
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured - Daily Telegraph
Dynamically, wittily and authoritatively brings the ancient world to life - Simon Sebag Montefiore
Praise for SPQR: Fast-moving, exciting, psychologically acute, warmly sceptical - Bryan Appleyard - Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times
Vastly engaging ... a tremendously enjoyable and scholarly read - Natalie Haynes, Observer
Sustaining the energy that such a topic demands for more than 600 pages, while providing a coherent answer to the question of why Rome expanded so spectacularly, is hugely ambitious. Beard succeeds triumphantly ... full of insights and delights ... SPQR is consistently enlivened by Beard's eye for detail and her excellent sense of humour. - Sunday Times
Masterful ... This is exemplary popular history, engaging but never dumbed down, providing both the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life - Economist
Ground-breaking ... invigorating ... revolutionary ... a whole new approach to ancient history - Thomas Hodgkinson, Spectator
Selected as one of the 100 best books of the 21st century: An instant feminist classic - The Guardian
A concise, informative little book on the theme of women's power and our lack of it. Using well thought out examples from Ancient Greece and Rome, Mary Beard ponders how women have been silenced, mocked and had... More
A short book, a powerful book and a well written book. This is, as it says, on the cover, a manifesto, a cry for women to have a voice and crucially to be heard, and for women to have the right not to be demonised. In... More
A short and brilliant set of 2 essays from Mary Beard using Greco-Roman tales to illustrate the origins of our cultural norms regarding women. It's written perfectly: intelligent and conversational, allowing for... More
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