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醒来的女性
我们来认识一下米拉。
她是一位喜爱读书的小镇女孩，从小就是个独立而聪明的孩子。她十四岁读尼采和潘恩，开学第一天就学完了全部课本，学校只得让她跳级。可这是二十世纪三十年代的美国，女性最常见的职业是“打字员”，人生的主题则是“家庭”。母亲对她最大的期望就是“嫁个好人家”。在 一个封闭的小地方，她的聪明和独立却使她成为异类。久而久之，她屈服了。她像其他女孩一样草草结婚，穿紧身褡，学做饭，把家里收拾得井井有条，生下两个孩子，努力让自己做一位“贤妻良母”。丈夫有体面的工作，她也住上了许多人梦寐以求的大房子。她举止优雅，总是面带微笑。而只有她自己知道，在生活的平静表象之下，她正在默不作声地崩溃……
她是一位喜爱读书的小镇女孩，从小就是个独立而聪明的孩子。她十四岁读尼采和潘恩，开学第一天就学完了全部课本，学校只得让她跳级。可这是二十世纪三十年代的美国，女性最常见的职业是“打字员”，人生的主题则是“家庭”。母亲对她最大的期望就是“嫁个好人家”。在 一个封闭的小地方，她的聪明和独立却使她成为异类。久而久之，她屈服了。她像其他女孩一样草草结婚，穿紧身褡，学做饭，把家里收拾得井井有条，生下两个孩子，努力让自己做一位“贤妻良母”。丈夫有体面的工作，她也住上了许多人梦寐以求的大房子。她举止优雅，总是面带微笑。而只有她自己知道，在生活的平静表象之下，她正在默不作声地崩溃……
688 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2017
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About the author
Marilyn French
49 books280 followersShe attended Hofstra University (then Hofstra College) where she also received a master's degree in English in 1964. She married Robert M. French Jr. in 1950; the couple divorced in 1967. She later attended Harvard University, earning a Ph.D in 1972. Years later she became an instructor at Hofstra University.
In her work, French asserted that women's oppression is an intrinsic part of the male-dominated global culture. Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (1985) is a historical examination of the effects of patriarchy on the world.
French's 1977 novel, The Women's Room, follows the lives of Mira and her friends in 1950s and 1960s America, including Val, a militant radical feminist. The novel portrays the details of the lives of women at this time and also the feminist movement of this era in the United States. At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. French's first book was a thesis on James Joyce.
French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998).
She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, "The Day Before You Came". The lyrics that mentioned French were: "I must have read a while, the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style".
French died from heart failure at age 79 on May 2, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City. She is survived by her son Robert and daughter Jamie.
In her work, French asserted that women's oppression is an intrinsic part of the male-dominated global culture. Beyond Power: On Women, Men and Morals (1985) is a historical examination of the effects of patriarchy on the world.
French's 1977 novel, The Women's Room, follows the lives of Mira and her friends in 1950s and 1960s America, including Val, a militant radical feminist. The novel portrays the details of the lives of women at this time and also the feminist movement of this era in the United States. At one point in the book the character Val says "all men are rapists". This quote has often been incorrectly attributed to Marilyn French herself. French's first book was a thesis on James Joyce.
French was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1992. This experience was the basis for her book A Season in Hell: A Memoir (1998).
She was also mentioned in the 1982 ABBA song, "The Day Before You Came". The lyrics that mentioned French were: "I must have read a while, the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style".
French died from heart failure at age 79 on May 2, 2009 in Manhattan, New York City. She is survived by her son Robert and daughter Jamie.
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