{"product_id":"stiffed-the-betrayal-of-the-american-man-isbn-9780380720453","title":"Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis 20th-anniversary edition of the extraordinary \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller features a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e new introduction from the author!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003eis a brilliant, important book.. Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with breathtaking confidence and beauty... She goes a long way toward eliminating the black and white, good and evil, male and female polarities that have riven the sexes in the past three decades...\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e–\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1991, internationally renowned feminist journalist Susan Faludi ignited a revival of the women’s movement with her revelatory investigative reportage: \u003cem\u003eBacklash\u003c\/em\u003e was nothing less than a landmark, uncovering an “undeclared war” against women’s equality in the media, advertising, Hollywood, the workplace, and government—a war that is still being fought today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e may be even more essential than \u003cem\u003eBacklash \u003c\/em\u003eto understanding the cultural riptides that led to Trumpian America. Here, Faludi turns her attention to the so-called “Angry Male” politics plaguing the nation. Through deeply researched, nuanced, and empathetic character studies of distressed industrial workers, laid-off aerospace engineers, combat veterans, football fans, evangelical husbands, suburban and inner-city teenage boys, and Hollywood and porn actors, \u003cem\u003eStiffed \u003c\/em\u003egoes beyond the easy explanations of male misbehavior—that it’s driven by chromosomes or hormones—to lay bare the powerful social and economic forces that have shattered the postwar compact defining American manhood.  Faludi’s vivid storytelling illuminates the historic and traumatic paradigm shift from a “utilitarian” manliness, grounded in civic and communal service, to an “ornamental” masculinity shaped by entertainment, marketing, and performance values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead in the light of Trumpian politics and the #MeToo movement, Faludi’s analysis speaks acutely to our present crisis, and to a foreboding future. \u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e delivers a searing portrait of modern-day male America, and traces the provenance of a gender war that continues to rage, unabated.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eOne of the most talked-about books of last year, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBacklash\u003c\/em\u003e now explores the collapse of traditional masculinity that has left men feeling betrayed. With \u003cem\u003eBacklash\u003c\/em\u003e in 1991, Susan Faludi broke new ground when she put her finger directly on the problem bedeviling women, and the light of recognition dawned on millions of her readers: what's making women miserable isn't something they're doing to themselves in the name of independence. It's something our society is doing to women. The book was nothing less than a landmark. Now in \u003cem\u003eStiffed,\u003c\/em\u003e the author turns her attention to the masculinity crisis plaguing our culture at the end of the '90s, an era of massive layoffs, \"Angry White Male\" politics, and Million Man marches. As much as the culture wants to proclaim that men are made miserable--or brutal or violent or irresponsible--by their inner nature and their hormones, Faludi finds that even in the world they supposedly own and run, men are at the mercy of cultural forces that disfigure their lives and destroy their chance at happiness. As traditional masculinity continues to collapse, the once-valued male attributes of craft, loyalty, and social utility are no longer honored, much less rewarded. Faludi's journey through the modern masculine landscape takes her into the lives of individual men whose accounts reveal the heart of the male dilemma. \u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e brings us into the world of industrial workers, sports fans, combat veterans, evangelical husbands, militiamen, astronauts, and troubled \"bad\" boys--whose sense that they've lost their skills, jobs, civic roles, wives, teams, and a secure future is only one symptom of a larger and historic betrayal. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eStiffed\u003c\/em\u003e is] a work of astonishing compassion . . . It issues a dare for both men and women who’ve long been dunned into passivity to do something significant to change their lives, to reject the values of a society that would prefer for them to seek easy answers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Award-winning journalist and author Faludi solidifies her reputation… as one of our most astute analysts of gender relations….This is brilliant stuff.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887452647653,"sku":"NP9780380720453","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780380720453.jpg?v=1730226146","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/stiffed-the-betrayal-of-the-american-man-isbn-9780380720453","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}