{"product_id":"the-women-hilton-als-9780141999746","title":"The Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eImaginative, brilliant and daring- Hilton Als's now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the forces that shape us? In The Women, Hilton Als explores-with breath taking originality-the role of sexual and racial identity in marginalized lives. With a blend of fact and fiction, Als brings to vivid life a number of extraordinary characters, including- his mother, a singular woman whose West Indian heritage and determination inspired her son to write; Malcolm X's mother, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's burgeoning misogyny and fear; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who deeply empathized with white gay men; and Owen Dodson, teacher and poet, who played an important role in the author's development as a gay man, and thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining memoir, cultural history, social theory and storytelling, The Women is a profoundly innovative work which has inspired a generation of writers. Here, Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to scrutiny, showing 'no mercy but every tenderness'. The results are exhilarating. The Women is that rarest of books- a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hilton Als","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49127348895987,"sku":"9780141999746","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780141999746.jpg?v=1779913203","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-women-hilton-als-9780141999746","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}