Dangerous Women - by Jo Shaw & Ben Fletcher-Watson & Abrisham Ahmadzadeh (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

What, really, does it mean to be a dangerous woman?

This powerful anthology presents fifty answers to that question, reaching past media hyperbole to explore serious considerations about the conflicts and power dynamics with which women live today.

In Dangerous Women, writers, artists, politicians, journalists, performers and opinion-formers from a variety of backgrounds - including Irenosen Okojie, Jo Clifford, Bidisha, Nada Awar Jarrar, Nicola Sturgeon and many more - reflect on the long-standing idea that women, individually or collectively, constitute a threat.

Review Quotes

"The collection is a powerful example of interdisciplinary and intersectional feminism, and readers of Rebecca Solnit, Roxane Gay, or Carmen Maria Machado will savor these 50 unique perspectives." -- Booklist

"The wide-ranging selections...are rich with history and testify to the numerous ways women across the globe are challenging patriarchy. Invigorating and incisive, these provide food for thought." -- Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Jo Shaw is a European Union legal scholar, and has held the Salvesen Chair of European Institutions in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh since 2005. She is also co-director of the Global Citizenship Observatory.
Ben Fletcher-Watson manages the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.

Abrisham Ahmadzadeh is studying at the University of Edinburgh, specialising in the sexual agency of goddesses in antiquity.

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