 Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Germaine Greer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | October 1970 |
| Publisher | MacGibbon & Kee |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-374-52762-8 |
| OCLC | 46574483 |
| 305.42 21 | |
| LC Class | HQ1206 .G77 2001 |
| Followed by | The Whole Woman |
The Female Eunuch is a 1970 book by Germaine Greer that became an international bestseller and an important text in the feminist movement. Greer's thesis is that the "traditional" suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, and that this devitalises them, rendering them eunuchs. The book was published in London in October 1970. It received a mixed reception, but by March 1971, it had nearly sold out its second printing. It has been translated into eleven languages.[1]
A sequel to The Female Eunuch, entitled The Whole Woman, was published in 1999.[2]
- ^ Wilde, W. H.; Hooton, Joy; Andrews, Barry (1994) [1985]. The Oxford companion to Australian Literature (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. p. 271. ISBN 0-19-553381-X.
... the book became almost a sacred text for the international women's liberation movement of the 1970s, notwithstanding sporadic criticism of aspects of its ideology from some feminists.
- ^ Greer. The Whole Woman Doubleday, ISBN 0-385-60016-X