Nelson, Deborah
Tough Enough
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226457802
- author:
- Nelson, Deborah
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 224
- Dimensions:
- 22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, American,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Tough Enough explores the lives and work of six influential women who challenge traditional notions of empathy and emotional expression. Their writing and art reveal a shared commitment to confronting suffering in all its forms, without resorting to sentimentality or irony.
Deborah Nelson examines the careers of Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and Joan Didion, tracing their paths as they navigated the complexities of pain and ethics. This austere approach offers a counter-tradition to the dominant poles of emotional expressivity and cool irony.
By facing reality without consolation or compensation, these women's work provides new ways to engage with suffering in all its forms. Nelson's book sheds light on this important alternative perspective, revealing the significance of their unsentimental stance in our understanding of pain and ethics.
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