ON WOMEN
'A brilliant, glittering intelligence' Sunday Times
On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deserves
Written during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays remain strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerfully at odds with them, they are always characteristically original in their examinations of the 'biological division of labour', the double-standard for ageing and the dynamics of women's power and powerlessness.
As Merve Emre writes in her introduction, On Women offers us 'the spectacle of a ferocious intellect setting itself to the task at hand: to articulate the politics and aesthetics of being a woman in the United States, the Americas and the world.'
'Boldly provocative' iNews
'On Women demonstrates a powerful mind and equally forceful personality' The Herald
SUSAN SONTAG
Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004.
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SONTAG SUSAN
Susan Sontag nació el 16 de enero de 1933 en Nueva York y falleció el 28 de diciembre de 2004 en la misma ciudad. Fue una escritora, ensayista, directora de cine y activista cultural estadounidense. Estudió en universidades como Berkeley, Chicago, Harvard y la Sorbona. Publicó su primera novela, El benefactor, en 1963 y alcanzó notoriedad con ensayos como Contra la interpretación y Sobre la fotografía. Su obra abordó temas como el arte, la política, la enfermedad y la guerra. Fue una voz crítica del imperialismo y participó activamente en causas humanitarias. Recibió el Premio Jerusalén en 2001 y dejó una huella profunda en el pensamiento contemporáneo.
