The Man-Made World - Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

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Résumé :
The Man-Made World (1911) is a sociological study by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Inspired by her work as a social reformer and advocate for women's suffrage, Gilman sought to write a work of nonfiction that explained the effects of patriarchy not only on the lives of women, but on the structure and health of society at large. In the beginning, Gilman observes that though biology naturally attributes motherhood and fatherhood to women and men respectively, there is no evolutionary explanation for the widespread control of men over all other human activities. This inequity, Gilman explains, is what she means by the term Androcentric Culture, a culture organized by men, for men. Having established her thesis, Gilman dedicates chapters to such topics as the family, health, art, sports, religion, education, government, economics, and warfare in order to observe the impact of male domination on each. Ultimately, Gilman asks what, if anything, will men lose if women are granted the rights and responsibilities they have no reason not to share. The Man-Made World is a thorough and powerful experiment in sociological thought and a groundbreaking work of feminist nonfiction. This edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Man-Made World is a classic of American literature and nonfiction reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe....

Biographie:
Charlotte Perkins Gilman - tamb?m conhecida pelo nome de casada Charlotte Perkins Stetson - nasceu a 3 de julho de 1860 na cidade de Hartford, Estado do Connecticut, Estados Unidos da Am?rica. Veio a falecer na cidade de Pasadena, no Estado da Calif?rnia, Estados Unidos da Am?rica a 17 de agosto de 1935 aos 75 anos, apologista da eutan?sia, terminou a sua vida tendo cometido suic?dio por via de uma overdose de clorof?rmio. Quer na sua autobiografia, quer na sua nota de suic?dio, ela escreveu preferir o clorof?rmio ao cancro. Faleceu r?pida e silenciosamente.Charlotte Perkins Gilman foi uma escritora, novelista, ativista social e proeminente feminista (ut?pica). Gilman era bastante menos revolucion?ria noutros aspetos, dir-se-? at? mesmo retr?grada ? luz dos dias de hoje e conservadora na sua ?poca. A determinada altura defensora do Darwinismo Social, acreditava que isso ajudaria ? luta feminista. Opunha-se ? miscigena??o e defendia uma sociedade cuja harmonia se baseava no eurocentrismo racial.No entanto, devemos v?-la ? luz da sua ?poca, e que pese as suas perspetivas racistas e eug?nicas, ela deixou uma obra de valor liter?rio e art?stico, e permanece para as gera??es vindouras como um ponto de refer?ncia e grande influ?ncia para muitos dos passos do feminismo ao longo do s?culo XX, mais ou menos radical....

Sommaire:
The Man-Made World (1911) is a sociological study by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Inspired by her work as a social reformer and advocate for women's suffrage, Gilman sought to write a work of nonfiction that explained the effects of patriarchy not only on the lives of women, but on the structure and health of society at large. In the beginning, Gilman observes that though biology naturally attributes motherhood and fatherhood to women and men respectively, there is no evolutionary explanation for the widespread control of men over all other human activities. This inequity, Gilman explains, is what she means by the term Androcentric Culture, a culture organized by men, for men. Having established her thesis, Gilman dedicates chapters to such topics as the family, health, art, sports, religion, education, government, economics, and warfare in order to observe the impact of male domination on each. Ultimately, Gilman asks what, if anything, will men lose if women are granted the rights and responsibilities they have no reason not to share. The Man-Made World is a thorough and powerful experiment in sociological thought and a groundbreaking work of feminist nonfiction. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Man-Made World is a classic of American literature and nonfiction reimagined for modern readers....