{"product_id":"misogynies-by-joan-smith","title":"'Misogynies' by Joan Smith","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"193\"\u003eWhen it first appeared in 1989, \u003cem data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"137\"\u003eMisogynies\u003c\/em\u003e caused a quiet shock in literary and political circles.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eIn this sharp and wide-ranging work, Joan Smith examines the persistence of misogyny in modern culture, not as a relic of the past but as a living structure embedded in literature, media, and everyday attitudes. Drawing on history, criticism, and cultural analysis, she traces how hostility toward women continues to shape the stories societies tell about gender, power, sexuality, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"925\"\u003eSmith moves between literary criticism and social commentary, unpacking how misogyny operates subtly as well as overtly — through myth, narrative, and intellectual tradition. The result is a book that reads both as a cultural diagnosis and a challenge to accepted assumptions about equality in late-twentieth-century Western society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1045\"\u003eClear, forceful, and still unsettlingly relevant, \u003cem data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"989\"\u003eMisogynies\u003c\/em\u003e remains a landmark text in feminist cultural criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44167064027219,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T140126.238.png?v=1779768097","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/misogynies-by-joan-smith","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}