Andrea Dworkin è stata una femminista radicale e scrittrice americana, nota soprattutto per la sua potente critica alla pornografia, che sosteneva fosse intrinsecamente legata allo stupro e alla violenza contro le donne. Nel corso della sua vasta opera, si è addentrata nella teoria e nella pratica femminista radicale, esplorando a fondo l'interazione tra sessualità, potere e oppressione all'interno delle strutture patriarcali. I suoi scritti hanno spesso acceso vigorosi dibattiti sull'impatto sociale della pornografia e sul suo ruolo nel plasmare le percezioni di genere. I contributi letterari di Dworkin miravano a illuminare i meccanismi della sottomissione femminile.
Andrea Dworkin’s blazing, prophetic debut argued that a deep-rooted hatred of women has been ingrained in society for centuries – and still governs us today. From fairy tales to erotic novels to witch-burnings, she uncovers the ways in which male violence and oppression have been normalized throughout history, and points the way to liberation.
'Feminism is hated because women are hated' Why do some women support right-wing movements, even though they curtail their freedoms? Andrea Dworkin's timeless, visionary analysis goes to the heart of this contradiction, exploring the Right's positions on abortion, sexuality, racism and antifeminism, and showing how it attempts both to exploit and to quiet women's deepest fears of male violence. The right-wing woman, Dworkin contends, acquiesces to male authority for protection and some semblance of power: because 'survival depends on it'. 'Groundbreaking' Bella Abzug 'Her razor-sharp analysis of why so many women are attracted to a politics that despises their rights is more relevant today than ever' Guardian
Andrea Dworkin's work presents a radical feminist perspective, particularly known for her strong antipornography stance and involvement in the feminist sex wars of the 1980s. Often viewed as a polarizing figure, she challenged conventional narratives by incorporating her personal experiences of violence into her critique of male supremacy. Dworkin's writing, characterized by its urgent and revolutionary tone, continues to influence feminist discourse on sexual freedom, making her a significant, if controversial, voice in the ongoing conversation about women's rights.
Always innovative, often provocative, and frequently polarizing, Andrea Dworkin carved out a unique position as one of the women's movement's most influential figures. She wrote thirteen books, ranging across feminist theory, fiction and poetry. This book is her memoir.
The book that Andrea Dworkin's best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century
"Ich wollte, dass die Welt vor Sexualität vibrierte, in hellem Aufruhr, halb verrückt und auf einer Welle von Erregung ritt, und ich wollte eine zärtliche Umarmung, die die Freiheit auflösen und den Krieg beenden würde... Ich glaubte, wir würden die Macht zu Tode vögeln, weil sexuelle Leidenschaft der Feind der Macht war, und ich glaubte, dass jedes Vögeln ein Akt von Leidenschaft und Mitgefühl, von Schönheit und Glaube, von Einfühlung und überpersönlicher Ekstase war..." Andrea Dworkin "Erbarmen", der zweite Roman der amerikanischen Schriftstellerin, international bekannt geworden durch ihr Buch "Pornographie - Männer beherrschen Frauen", handelt von sexueller Gewalt.
Traces a woman's search for identity through the painful labyrinth of sex, drugs, and prostitution in New York's Lower East Side
The question is not: Does pornography cause violence against women? Pornography is violence against women, violence which pervades and distorts every aspect of our culture. In this angry, painful and astonishing book, Andrea Dworkin shows us that pornography is at the heart of male supremacy. It defines women in terms of sexual colonisation. It says that women's bodies belong to men. Our repugnance for pornography is repugnance for the betrayal of our sexual integrity. We will be free only when pornography no longer exists: for we are the women in it.
About women and rape.
