{"product_id":"9780141999746-retail-the-women","title":"The Women","description":"Imaginative, brilliant and daring- Hilton Als's now-classic meditation on gender, race and personal identity in America\n\nWhat 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.\n\nCombining 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.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48878086750427,"sku":"9780141999746-RETAIL","price":22.94,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8718198c-25dc-4fcb-9f2c-3e99cba6ac93.jpg?v=1781526842","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780141999746-retail-the-women","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}