Adam's Rib

Ruth Herschberger

ISBN 10: 1041260148 / ISBN 13: 9781041260141

Published by Taylor & Francis Mär 2026, 2026

About this Item

Neuware - Originally published in 1948 this classic book by the feminist critic and poet Ruth Herschberger was one of an early wave of mid-century texts (along with Simon de Beauvoir's Second Sex) that reframed the supposedly neutral world of science into a minefield of male-centered bias. Herschberger advocated for the need to correct a vision of science emerging only from the male point of view which reinforced the idea that females of all species represented a deviation from the universal (male) norm. The book analyses the anti-feminine sex-role stereotypes, both implicit and explicit.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adam's Rib
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Mär 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041260148
• ISBN 13: 9781041260141
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 440 grams

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1948 this classic book by the feminist critic and poet Ruth Herschberger was one of an early wave of mid-century texts (along with Simon de Beauvoir’s Second Sex) that reframed the supposedly neutral world of science into a minefield of male-centered bias. Herschberger advocated for the need to correct a vision of science emerging only from the male point of view which reinforced the idea that females of all species represented a deviation from the universal (male) norm. The book analyses the anti-feminine sex-role stereotypes, both implicit and explicit.

About the Author

Ruth Herschberger (1917–2014) was a well-known American poet and feminist. She was the recipient of the Hopwood Award for Poetry, the Midland Authors Award for Poetry and the Harriet Monroe Memorial Prize.