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  • Paperback: 81 pages
  • Publisher: O Books (30 Nov. 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846942411
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846942419
  • Product Dimensions: 14.3 x 0.7 x 21.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Nina Power's One Dimensional Woman (0 Books, £7.99) was a welcome reminder that there is more to feminism than Either/Or (Pradettes apussyfooting in Jimmy Choos/Moms amoosehunting on the campaign trail). A rabblerousing joy to read. --Helen DeWitt, Books of the Year, New Statesman

It's always a risk to suggest, as Power does, that no one else is doing what she is of course there are activists, bloggers and thinkers who are doing this work. But many mainstream debates about gender equality remain boring, simplistic, even dangerous. That is why I salute this book: because it makes you think. --The Guardian, 16th Jan 2010

One Dimensional Woman offers an interesting contribution to the current debate on work, sex and politics. The book covers an impressive array of subjects. The most interesting section looks at the ahistorical nature of feminist debate on pornography. --Jacqui Freeman, Socialist Review

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Nina Power is a lecturer in Philosophy at Roehampton University (UK). She has published widely on topics including Iran, humanism, vintage pornography and Marxism.
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Has feminism achieved its aims?
By Damaskcat HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 6 Dec. 2009
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This little book is - I would suggest - one of the most important publications of recent years concerning the way feminism operates today. It asks some uncomfortable questions about how consumerism has taken such a hold on women to the extent that many are simply concerned with buying the current 'must have' designer handbag rather than trying to change the world for the better.

The author argues that feminism has lost the plot and the position of women is not improving. She highlights the way women's bodies are objectified - even by women themselves, and deplores the prevailing fashion which decrees women must imitate porn stars. 'Sex and the City' shows women obsessed with their appearance, buying the latest consumer desirable and obsessing over whether their latest man is 'The One'. Feminism seems to have lost the plot when appearance is the only thing that matters in every sphere of life.

Feminism has been subsumed into the idea of feeling better about oneself whatever one does and recent books about feminism aimed at young women are all about self esteem rather than about the politics of women's position in the world. I urge anyone interested in these issues to read this book - especially if you feel feminism has lost the battle or even the war.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
(At Least) Three-Dimensional Analysis
By The Pamphleteer on 25 April 2010
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A pugnacious and necessary pamphlet which makes a compelling case for the reclamation of a class dimension in contemporary feminism and a rejection of the superficial promises of liberation dangled by those who would confuse commodification with freedom. Nina Power is one of a generation of thinkers who have established themselves as exciting theorists and analysts by blogging (in this case over at infinite thought) while maintaining commitments both to serious intellectual enquiry the traditional way (PhDs in philosophy, lectureships and academic publishing) and to political activism (as in the recent attempt to articulate a feminist manifesto for the 21st century).

Some reviewers here seem to have read a different book. Although certainly tightly and passionately argued, 'One Dimensional Women' is also frequently subtle and even generous. The discussion of pornography is particularly free of dogmatism, and MacKinnon and Dworkin are dealt with fairly as well as critically. Moreover, Power eschews easy condemnation and plenty of effort is made to understand how and why the co-option of feminist thematics has taken such problematic forms. Yes, potential reader, it is true that some feminists are specifically named-and-shamed for their embracing of personal expression over collective struggle, but this is hardly enough to suggest some naive assault on the entirety of previously-existing feminist thought. On the contrary, the links established with currently under-represented strands of feminist thought suggests fidelity much more than a rebellious acting-out.

Which is not to say that this is entirely perfect - there are moments where repetition or over-description somewhat disrupt the flow.Read more ›
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Everything it promises
By The Unread on 23 April 2010
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Don't believe the haters: Nina Power's 'One Dimensional Woman' is an lucid, incisive, punchy and highly readable investigation of the problems with 'lifestyle feminism' and the compromised settlement that the women's movement has forced out of the patriarchal establishment. A suitable comparison for the book would be Susan Faludi's 'Backlash' - it far outstrips the efforts of third-wavers like Jessica Valenti or Ariel Levy at critiquing the current situation, at least in part because Power is an excellent writer: witty and cutting, steely and angry, drilling a topic for all it's worth or pinwheeling deftly on a thought. Power is expertly conversant with theory - she is a senior lecturer at Roehampton University - but never too in love with it, always using it as a critical tool for analysing real conditions and real lives, and not squashing the reader with jargon. As a male feminist, I found it extremely helpful in understanding what the structural problems are for women under neo-liberal capitalism, and the possible exit-routes. Highly recommended.
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Simply effective
By James N on 16 Sept. 2013
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A great way into true feminist theory, doing away with many of the specious forms of feminism and establishing a coherent, simple yet complete form of critique.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
good start, disappointing end
By morenita on 3 Nov. 2010
Format: Paperback
This was suggested to me by my supervisor (I'm a PhD student). I consider myself a feminist and am always keen to read new literature. This book started well - Power has a passionate but acerbic style and I felt quite galvanised by a lot of what she'd said. I liked the way she reflects back on the feminist movement and mourns the loss of a more collectivist politics and I was also with her on revisiting pornography - there could be another way of doing pornography that was less dehumanising. However, towards the end I lost the thread of what she was saying. I don't think it was particularly clear what she was advocating nor how it necessarily followed from the rest of her tract. Still worth reading for the first two thirds (it's a very slim volume) even if it goes a bit haywire at the end.
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