By addressing itself to a different problem, with the intention of making a different point. This particular edition is in a Paperback format. In response to Rich’s question as to how the “same mind” could have produced both “Fascinating Fascism” and more explicitly feminist writings, she replied: “Easy. Details Reviews Author: Becca Fitzpatrick Language: English Pages: 416 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books Weight: 0.9 pounds Length: 8.46 inches Width: 5.31 inches Height: 1.1 inches Book Summary: The title of this book is Silence and it was written by Becca Fitzpatrick. Sontag’s reply is satisfying in the manner of neatly arranged shelves, efficiently packed suitcases and other emblems of exactitude. “One is not looking for a ‘line’ of propaganda or a ‘correct’ position,” she wrote, as an unconvincing prelude to doing just that. In a letter to the editor of the New York Review of Books, where the piece first appeared in 1975, Rich faulted Sontag for neglecting to emphasize the connection between fascism and patriarchy. “Fascinating Fascism,” a probing appraisal of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, would be a bit of an outlier in the book, if not for the exchange with the poet and feminist theorist Adrienne Rich that it so famously prompted. Limiting, because she opposes the movement’s incursion into every facet of discussion. In “On Women ,” Sontag is concerned with both limiting and expanding the scope of feminism.
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