{"product_id":"2026100008991-secondhand-mother-superior-woman-inferior","title":"Mother Superior Woman Inferior","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a woman in a world that simultaneously elevates and diminishes her? Josie Arnold's Mother Superior Woman Inferior confronts this central contradiction head-on, dissecting the paradoxical roles imposed upon women — the revered, selfless mother on one hand, and the socially subordinate female on the other. With sharp intellectual clarity, Arnold chronicles the tensions between cultural expectation and lived female experience, drawing on feminist theory, personal insight, and social critique to construct a powerful and provocative argument.\n\nArnold writes with an incisive wit and unapologetic authority, presenting a work that sits at the intersection of feminist scholarship and cultural commentary. Her prose is at once accessible and deeply challenging, urging readers to interrogate the inherited structures that quietly govern women's lives. Mother Superior Woman Inferior stands as a significant contribution to Australian feminist discourse, leaving the reader to wonder — if the contradictions Arnold uncovers are so plainly visible, why do they persist?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336814108891,"sku":"2026100008991-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ec250557-98f4-440c-8c40-9b1649d5a79b.png?v=1789958584","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008991-secondhand-mother-superior-woman-inferior","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}