Lean Out by Dawn Foster (English) Paperback Book

Description: Lean Out by Dawn Foster Synopsis coming soon....... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sheryl Sandbergs business advice book, Lean In, was heralded as a defining moment in attitudes to women in business. But for all its commercial success, it proposed a model of feminism that was individualistic and unthreatening to capital. In her powerful debut work Lean Out, acclaimed journalist Dawn Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of Sandbergs book neatly exempts patriarchy, capitalism and business from any responsibility for changing the position of women in contemporary culture. It looks at the rise of a corporate 1% feminism, and at how feminism has been defanged and depoliticised at a time when women have borne the brunt of the financial crash and the gap between rich and poor is widening faster than ever. Surveying business, media, culture and politics, Foster asks whether this trickledown feminism offers any material gain for women collectively, or acts as mere window-dressing PR for the corporations who caused the financial crash. She concludes that leaning out of the corporate model is a more effective way of securing change than leaning in. Notes A critique of Sheryl Sandbergs business advice book Lean In, in which Foster unpicks how the purportedly feminist message of that book nearly exempts patriarchy. Foster contends that leaning out of the corporate model is a more effective way of securing change for women in business than leaning in. Author Biography Dawn Foster is a writer and journalist. She is a columnist for The Guardian, and writes for the London Review of Books, New York Times, Dissent and Prospect, among other publications. She won the IBP Young Journalist of the Year award in 2014. Her book Lean Out (Repeater, 2015) was shortlisted for the 2017 Bread and Roses Award and her journalism was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize for Exposing Britains Social Evils. Review "Rarely does essential reading really mean that you urgently need to read a book. But Lean Out is different: the argument that a society that promotes aspiration must rely on outliers is just one of its many gems. There is a danger that corporate feminism will enter academia and will not be recognised for the aberration that it is.Lean Out is the antidote. Just 87 pages long, it is well worth the many hours it takes to read and absorb."- Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder professor of geography, University of Oxford"A very important, much-needed and well-researched book that isnt afraid to ask the right questions and demand answers. It is a straight-talking, timely call to arms" - Independent on Sunday "Vigorous…trenchant…a robust critique…its conclusion is both inevitable and startling" - Shahidha Bari, Times Higher Education "Excellent…forward-looking" - Sarah Leonard, Bookforum "...much more than just a riposte to the popular business manifesto for women. Fascinating, thought-provoking and at times outrage-inducing, Lean Out elucidates the many ways in which women are being subjugated by corporations and the government, and encourages us to take direct action to address these inequalities." - Ariane Sherine, Huffington Post Review Quote "Rarely does essential reading really mean that you urgently need to read a book. But Details ISBN1910924024 Year 2016 ISBN-10 1910924024 ISBN-13 9781910924020 Format Paperback Short Title LEAN OUT Language English Media Book Imprint Repeater Books Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 305.4201 Publication Date 2016-01-21 Author Dawn Foster Replaces 9781910924037 UK Release Date 2016-01-21 AU Release Date 2016-01-21 NZ Release Date 2016-01-21 Publisher Watkins Media Limited Narrator Tom Judd Translator Brian Boyd Birth 1974 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications Ph.D. Pages 88 Edition Description New edition Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:96929066;

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