{"product_id":"the-women-hilton-als-9780374525293","title":"The Women","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaring and fiercely original, \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a memoir, a psychological study, a sociopolitical manifesto, and an incisive adventure in literary criticism. It is conceived as a series of portraits analyzing the role that sexual and racial identity played in the lives and work of the writer's subjects: his mother, a self-described \"Negress,\" who would not be defined by the limitations of race and gender; the mother of Malcolm X, whose mixed-race background and eventual descent into madness contributed to her son's misogyny and racism; brilliant, Harvard-educated Dorothy Dean, who rarely identified with other blacks or women, but deeply empathized with white gay men; and the late Owen Dodson, a poet and dramatist who was female-identified and who played an important role in the author's own social and intellectual formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilton Als submits both racial and sexual stereotypes to his inimitable scrutiny with relentless humor and sympathy. The results are exhilarating. \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e is that rarest of books: a memorable work of self-investigation that creates a form of all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilton Als, Shawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374525293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374525293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Hilton Als","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051804848383,"sku":"9780374525293","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c00ae77d-f314-46ea-8787-5726dc4cc582.jpg?v=1685015268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-women-hilton-als-9780374525293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}