{"product_id":"stiffed-20th-anniversary-edition-the-roots-of-modern-male-rage-9780062858412","title":"Stiffed 20th Anniversary Edition: The Roots of Modern Male Rage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis 20th-anniversary edition of the extraordinary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller features a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e new introduction from the author!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003eis a brilliant, important book.. Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with breathtaking confidence and beauty... She goes a long way toward eliminating the black and white, good and evil, male and female polarities that have riven the sexes in the past three decades...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, internationally renowned feminist journalist Susan Faludi ignited a revival of the women's movement with her revelatory investigative reportage: \u003cem\u003eBacklash\u003c\/em\u003e was nothing less than a landmark, uncovering an \"undeclared war\" against women's equality in the media, advertising, Hollywood, the workplace, and government--a war that is still being fought today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e may be even more essential than \u003cem\u003eBacklash \u003c\/em\u003eto understanding the cultural riptides that led to Trumpian America. Here, Faludi turns her attention to the so-called \"Angry Male\" politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, \u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003egoes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior--that it's driven by chromosomes or hormones--to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood. Faludi's vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a \"utilitarian\" manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an \"ornamental\" masculinity shaped by entertainment, marketing, and performance values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi's analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. \u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaludi, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSusan Faludi is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of \u003cem\u003eBacklash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. A contributing editor for \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e and a former reporter for \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/em\u003e she has written for many magazines, including \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times, Esquire, Double Take, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nation.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572443644178,"sku":"9780062858412","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1ddaf954-6ea6-4d83-bbda-7249a1cc6a79.jpg?v=1755861782","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stiffed-20th-anniversary-edition-the-roots-of-modern-male-rage-9780062858412","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}