Reviews
‘Every once in a while a book appears from the edges of feminist exploration which stands the social rules and mores of Western society on its head... To any woman who has wondered where the original bonding of the women's movement went, this book is a must.'
–Tribune (London)
‘… a thoughtful, analytical, critical examination of friendship.’
–Belles Lettres (USA)
Table of Contents
Preface p xiii
Introduction p.1
I Origins of Female Friendship: In the Beginning Was Woman p. 31
II Varieties of Female Friendship: The Nun as Loose Woman p. 71
III More Loose Women: The Chinese Marriage Resisters p. 115
IV Obstacles to Female Friendship p. 149
A Vision of Female Friendship: Two-sights Seeing p. 203
Notes p. 243
Index p. 267