Barbara Ehrenreich

Male Fantasies: Volume 1: Women, Floods, Bodies, History

First of this two-volume work providing an imaginative interpretation of the image of women in the collective unconscious of the fascist "warrior" through a study of the fantasies of the men centrally involved in the rise of Nazism.

Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

An ALA Notable BookA New York Times Notable BookIn Blood Rites, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of the human attraction to violence: What draws our species to war and even makes us see it as a kind of sacred undertaking? Blood Rites takes us on a

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

From the bestselling social commentator and cultural historian, a fascinating exploration of one of humanity's oldest traditions: the celebration of communal joyIn the acclaimed "Blood Rites," Barbara Ehrenreich delved into the origins of our species' att

Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers

   Women have always been healers, and medicine has always been an arena of struggle between female practitioners and male professionals. This pamphlet explores two important phases in the male takeover of health care: the suppression of witches in med

Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy

In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide.Women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female execut

For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts' Advice to Women

First published in 1978, this classic history, now revised and updated, brilliantly exposes the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English have never lost faith in science itself, but insist that we

Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class

An examination of the middle class and why it has turned to the right during the past two decades. "Brilliant social analysis and intellectual history, quite possibly the best on the subject since Tocqueville's."-- "Chicago Tribune"

Race, Class, and Gender in the United States & Nickle and Dimed

The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment

An explanation of recent sexual culture and the loosening of marriage bonds over the past 20 years.

The Snarling Citizen: Essays

There are no pieties, liberal or conservative, in Ehrenreich's world. Fiercely funny and militantly uncompromising, The Snarling Citizen contains something to offend almost everyone, from Rush Limbaugh to Hillary Clinton, and something to delight everyone