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Women in the Material World by: Faith D'Alusio City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 38.00 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 305.4 EAN: 9780871569844 ISBN: 0871569841 Label: Sierra Club Books Manufacturer: Sierra Club Books Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: December 01, 1998 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Release Date: December 01, 1998 Studio: Sierra Club Books Sales Rank: 109092 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: A follow-up to coauthor Peter Menzel's lauded Material World: A Global Family Portrait, Women in the Material World once again illuminates the human family--but this time with the focus on women. The result is an arresting collection of photographs, interviews, and anecdotes documenting the day-to-day lives and thoughts of women from 20 different countries. From Albania to India to the United States, we hear the female viewpoint on politics and religion, men and marriage, children and education. Cultural stereotypes are both supported (an Ethiopian mother explains why her daughter must be circumcised) and shattered (the loving equity of an Albanian marriage). The gorgeous accompanying photographs artfully link narrative text with faces and environs, from the rugged peaks of Bhutan to the Mediterranean beaches of Israel. What emerges is a captivating survey of women's lives in the late 20th century, and--even more--a powerful feeling of connectedness with these fellow human beings. --Rebecca Gleason Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Women's workA sequel to the authors' successful, "Material World: A Global Family Portrait," which interviewed 30 "statistically average" families from around the world and photographed them surrounded by all their worldly goods, "Women In The Material World," by Faith D'Aluisio and Peter Menzel, revisits 21 women from these families. With interviews conducted by women over a period of days, even weeks, and 375 color photographs of women captured in their daily lives, this is an absorbing look into an overlooked world of marriage, women's work and families. From female circumcision to divorce, from finances to education, gender roles, work, and friends, women discuss every aspect of their lives - seemingly freely. Read More: Rating: - Wow!This book is a superlative sequel to the early Material World by Peter Menzel. I have read the earlier book so many times that when this new volume came out, I bought it immediately sight unseen. In this book, Faith D'Aluisio revisits 19 of the 30 families featured in the Material World to find out about the women's lives. The articles are organized alphabetically, together with short features on marriage, laundry, work, education, childcare, hair, food, water, and friends. At the back of the book, we find statistical charts about women, and a useful statistics glossary. Each article has an extended interview with the mother of the family that reveals parts of her life story as well as her attitudes towards topics such as marriage, ... Read More: Rating: - THIS BOOK WAS GREAT BOOK TO READ AND LEARN FROMI really enjoy everything about it. I wish authors went to Australia to see what a womens life is like there. Thank you. Also recommended: The Material World: A Global Family Portait around the World Rating: - a strong feminist statementI sometimes forget that I'm not the only one alive, and I have trouble visualizing other people's lives. So the thing I loved most about this and "Material World" is how it reminds me that each one of the 6 billion people are not simply numbers but living, breathing human beings with a life history. Looking into the lives of these women was amazing! They eat, sleep, work, dream, fall in love, laugh, raise children, and make decisions, just like any other person. Many of them survive without cars, telephones, TVs, running water, and other modern conveniences, yet they function very well without them. But all of them had hopes that their children would have a better life than they did, and that their daughters could be educated so they would ... Read More: Rating: - Absolutely Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!When I first ordered this book and received it in the mail, after opening the box it came in, sat down right then and there "just to take a peek". Well, let's just say, my short "peek" turned into an interrupted 30 minutes! "Women in the Material World" certainly joins the ranks of "can't-put-down-and-can't-forget-about" books. It is a very worthy sequel to "Material World", in which women from some of the "Material World" families are looked at more closely. Perhaps the most special thing about this book is a long, personal, and intimate interview with each women. The women are surprisingly open in responding about their daily life, their children, their marriage, and their future hopes. "Women in the Material World" simply lets the women speak for themselves, ... Read More: |
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