Men Explain Things to Me

Published as a standalone on International Woman's Day, the essay that became a touchstone of the feminist movement and inspired the term 'mansplaining', with an afterword on its originsThis famous and influential essay, which describes the time when, at a party, a man explained to Rebecca Solnit the argument of her own book, inspired the term 'mansplaining' and established Solnit as a vital figure of the feminist movement, and one of the leading thinkers of our time. Fierce, incisive and funny, it exposes the inherent sexism of our patriarchal culture.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Solnit, Solnit Rebecca
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781803512341
• ISBN: 978-1-80351-234-1
• No. of pages: 47
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 157 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, Feminism & feminist theory, Literary essays, Political science and theory, Feminism and feminist theory