ABSTRACT

This is the first-ever book-length analysis of Dworkins feminist politics and the first critical analysis to examine her controversial political ideas in light of the literary dimensions of her prose. Cindy Jenefsky, with Ann Russo, looks at Dworkin’s major nonfiction works including Woman Hating, Pornography: Men Possessing Women, and Intercourse

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

part One|35 pages

The Artist as Revolutionary

chapter 1|15 pages

The Cultural Construction of Misogyny

chapter 2|7 pages

Polar Gender Scripts in Lived Experience

chapter 3|9 pages

Quest for Alternative Scripts

part Two|47 pages

Battling Pornography

chapter 5|16 pages

The Art of Confrontation

part Three|39 pages

"The Artist's Struggle for Integrity" in a Man-Made World

chapter 6|17 pages

Intercourse: An Institution of Male Power

chapter 7|18 pages

Women's Integrity in a Man-Made World