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“[A] sparkling and forceful manifesto…The book is a straight shot of adrenaline.” - Parul Sehgal, New York Times“Beard's thrilling manifesto turns to ancient times to find the seeds of misogyny, beginning with Homer's Odyssey (the first instance of a woman told to shut up) and continuing through Elizabeth Warren's 2017 silencing in the Senate. An irresistible call for women to speak up, act and redefine their power.” - People“Beard is our most famous classicist, with a gift for bringing ancient Greece and Rome alive on the page like no one else. She is a writer of exceptional erudition and biting wit, and reading her is always a pleasure. This latest manifesto...is no exception…Beard has written an indictment, perhaps her most uncompromising to date, of an ancient past that she is hardly asking us – has never unequivocally asked us – to celebrate. As far as women are concerned, in relation to this ancestral legacy, there is very little to be proud about…The question I finally take from this brilliant book is: what would such power – no rape, no guns, no shutting up of women – look like?” - The Guardian“There’s something about Women & Power that ensures it stands out from the rest though. Beard’s is a manifesto firmly grounded in rigorous academic study made legible for the masses, and her proposal for change as radical as it is reasonable and – we can but hope – realistic.” - The National“A pithy exploration of misogyny’s tangled cultural roots. Based on a series of lectures, this slim volume draws on Beard’s deep knowledge of the classical world and her personal experience as a target of online sexist abuse. She reflects on the gendered structures of power, from voiceless women in Ovid’s Metamorphoses to feminists “reclaiming” Medusa. With clearsightedness and wry humour, this self-described “gobby woman” proves public speech is no longer the preserve of maleness. More power to her.” - Financial Times“An urgent feminist cri de coeur, spot-on in its utterly reasonable plea that a woman ‘who dares to open her mouth in public’ actually be given a hearing.'” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Mary Beard is a fearless writer with the gift of writing the right book at the right moment, and I’ve been emboldened by her brilliant analysis of women’s voice and role in society since antiquity, Women & Power.” - Diana Athill, The Guardian“At just a little over 100 pages, Women & Power: A Manifesto may seem slight, but don't let its size fool you. This book speaks volumes and will not be silenced by Telemachus or anyone else.” - Sarah E. Bond, Forbes“A clear, rich, subversive and witty argument about what power has meant to Western civilization from ancient times, and how its meaning could be changed in the future.” - Anita Felicelli, San Francisco Chronicle“Beard always fights back, with humor and the confidence of intellectual authority…It’s fun to read Women & Power. Beard’s slim, elegant, well-illustrated book would fit nicely into a Christmas stocking.” - Elaine Showalter, The Washington Post

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About the Author

A professor of classics at Cambridge University, Mary Beard is the author of the best-selling SPQR and Women & Power and the National Book Critics Circle Award–nominated Confronting the Classics. A popular blogger and television personality, Beard is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.

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Product details

Hardcover: 128 pages

Publisher: Liveright; 1 edition (December 12, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1631494759

ISBN-13: 978-1631494758

Product Dimensions:

4.8 x 0.6 x 7.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.2 out of 5 stars

87 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#14,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

This book is a compilation of two of Mary Beard’s speeches, although neither is an off the cuff discourse on the steps of wherever. Both obviously involved considerable forethought and achieved the depth normally reserved for the written word.Beard herself, however, admits to the limitation of the form, noting: “So much for the diagnosis: what’s the practical remedy?” And she insightfully notes, “Putting it bluntly, having women pretend to be men may be a quick fix, but it doesn’t get to the heart of the problem.”Speaking for America, at least, we ultimately have to move beyond the issues of gender, race, sexual orientation, and the like, and recognize that at the heart of all repression and discrimination is power. And the conventions by which we define and, more importantly, allocate power today were defined by men in their image. They were built on the supremacy of rugged individualism, as Herbert Hoover referred to it, a decidedly masculine imagery that conjures up visions of thrusting swords and men standing atop slain enemies.It is an imagery, setting gender aside, that no longer fits the crowded, inter-connected, weapons of mass destruction, ecologically self-destructive world we live in. If we are to save the planet and ourselves we must begin to think collectively, to put the collective good above individual triumph.Beard notes: “What we need is some old fashioned consciousness-raising about what we mean by the ‘voice of authority’ and how we’ve come to construct it.” She’s absolutely spot on. The voice of authority is a social convention that can and must be changed, not just for the sake of women, or minorities, or the LGBT community, but to save us all and to create a more enlightened and equitable world.“How and why do the conventional definitions of ‘power’ (or for that matter of ‘knowledge’, ‘expertise’ and ‘authority’) that we carry round in our heads exclude women?” It’s a very good question, to be sure, but I’m not sure it’s the right one. The question, I believe, answers itself in that it suggests that power is currently what economists would call a zero sum game.It is, but it can’t be. At least not if we want to leave anything worthwhile for our children. Our social, political, and commercial conventions must be re-defined to be more inclusive both out of a restored sense of what is right and fair, as well as a recognition that we have created a collective world in which individualism—of any kind—must be subordinate to the collective good.If we do that, and walk away from the zero sum game of the past, perhaps we can move beyond the cultural bias and distortion that Beard so clearly and thoughtfully lays out here.Yes, I am a white man who has held positions of power (in my case commercial) for a long time. And I know exactly how I got to where I did. I dearly hope, however, that my own children, who happen to be daughters, will re-define those conventions so that their children, my offspring, of course, will rise above the imbalanced (power, wealth, etc.) mess we find ourselves in.One closing thought. Beard suggests that one structural change we need to make is “decoupling it [power] from public prestige.” She’s right. And building the conventions surrounding power around the collective good rather than the individual as warrior, entrepreneur, or political leader, will do just that—gender aside.A must read for all, particularly our children.

Mary Beard is a Professor at Cambridge in the UK, specializing in the study of the Greek and Roman classics. One of her most famous works is “SPQR – A History of Ancient Rome,” which has been on the Best Seller Lists. Regrettably, I have yet to read it, but hope to soon. Beard provides some perspective from the ancient world to reflect on the on-going issue of women’s access to power, which would hopefully include power over their own bodies. This work is a collection of two separate lectures that she has given: “The Public Voice of Women” and “Women in Power.”Of late, I’ve found myself referencing “The Odyssey” a lot, with the portrayal of the bad homecoming Odysseus experienced when he returned from Troy. Beard, in her first lecture, also draws a lesson from this work, specifically when the son of Odysseus and Penelope, Telemachus, essentially tells his mom to shut up, get back to the loom, ‘cause the men are speaking. And things have not changed much in two and a half millenniums, a point Beard underscores with a cartoon from “Punch,” in which Mrs. Triggs makes a point in a Board meeting, and the Chairman asks if another male would be willing to make the same point (with the idea that then it would be “heard.”) Beard goes on to ruminate on exactly what must occur for women to be “heard,” particularly in public, besides speech lessons to emulate a deep gravelly voice.In the second essay, Beard introduced me to “Herland,” by Charlotte Gilman, first published in 1915, about a land that contained only women, a marvelous utopia that was tidy and peaceful, and “even the cats had stopped killing the birds!” I had to chuckle, regrettably, as she documents the negative reactions, seemingly unconsciously, in the main steam media when a woman assumes a position of power, noting that it was called a “power grab.” Yes, women are making substantial progress in acquiring elective offices, and perhaps a better, and maybe fairer world will result. Yet there is definitely a backlash. I had not seen it before, but there was a cartoon of Trump as Perseus, who had decapitated Hillary Clinton, who was portrayed at Medusa. Wow!I’ve read my share of “feminist classics,” starting with Betty Frieden’s “The Feminine Mystique” in the ‘60’s, followed thereafter in 1970, by Simone de Beauvoir’s seminal work, “The Second Sex.” As with some other issues from back then (like no more war!), I really thought we’d be much further along in developing fair and equitable relations between men and women, involving power, and yes, changing the diapers. Two steps forward, and one step back, or is it the other way around, as Susan Faludi has argued in “Backlash”.Beard presents not a hint of what I would consider the next level of evolution: once one has power, and one is conscientious in its use, one finds it an utter relief to give it up and let someone else do it and concentrate on “smelling the roses” instead! Nonetheless, for Beard’s ability to use the classics to provide perspective on the on-going contemporary dilemmas involving women’s efforts to obtain fairer and more equitable relations (coupled with some male allies), she deserves 5-stars.

Smart, thoughtful and full of revealing insights....Mary Beard is a classicist whose wide-ranging mind and extensive knowledge brings a new perspective to much-discussed issues. She is brave enough to put herself on the line and offer suggestions for change. She presents the problems and issues without ever being snarky, and while the book varies little from the two lectures she gave (worth watching on YouTube), it's a pleasure to have them in print and readily accessible to study and contemplate.

This short book by British professor of classics at Cambridge University explains “just how deeply embedded in Western culture are the mechanisms that silence women, that refuse to take them seriously, and that sever them from the centres of power.” Going back to Homer’s Odysseus she notes Telemachus’ put-down of his mother, Penelope, and traces these behaviors up to the present day, including the recent experiences of Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel.

This is a great, very quick read for people interested in how we got to where we are today and why our models of power and leadership have a long history of being designed in ways to keep women out.It’s short on solutions, which may bother some people, but Beard does a grate service in laying out the roots of our problems in clear and accessible language - which is a necessary first step.

This is a short but essential discussion about feminism, specifically, the way society silences women's voices; and the way society limits women's access to power. She uses the Odyssey as her first (ancient) example, noting that "When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice."

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