Book contents
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Influences
- Part II Form and Genre
- Part III Political Contexts
- Part IV Philosophical and Cultural Contexts
- Part V Gender and Sexuality
- Chapter 23 Masculinity
- Chapter 24 The Second Wave Feminist Movement
- Chapter 25 Sex and Sexuality
- Part VI Profiles and Literary Biographies
- Part VII Mailer’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 24 - The Second Wave Feminist Movement
from Part V - Gender and Sexuality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2021
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Book contents
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Norman Mailer in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Literary Influences
- Part II Form and Genre
- Part III Political Contexts
- Part IV Philosophical and Cultural Contexts
- Part V Gender and Sexuality
- Chapter 23 Masculinity
- Chapter 24 The Second Wave Feminist Movement
- Chapter 25 Sex and Sexuality
- Part VI Profiles and Literary Biographies
- Part VII Mailer’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Mailer is famous for his tumultuous relationship with the Second Wave Feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This arguably reached a peak during the 1971 Town hall panel (later dubbed “Town Bloody Hall” by Germaine Greer), during which Mailer – the sole male panelist – became the target of the audience’s ire, a perceived representative of the patriarchal society against which they were fighting. The chapter addresses the context for and implications of Mailer’s engagement with the Feminist movement.
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- Norman Mailer in Context , pp. 270 - 279Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021