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The riddles of the sphinx : inheriting the feminist history of the crossword puzzle / Anna Shechtman.
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- Author(s): Shechtman, Anna, author
- Language:
English- Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.- Publication Date:
2024- Physical Description:
271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm- Publication Type:
Book- Document Type:
Non-fiction; Autobiography- Subject Terms:
- Subject Terms:
- Availability: 11 Holdings
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- Additional Information
- Publication Information: First edition.
- Abstract: Summary: "Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The indisputable 'queen of crosswords,' Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen, and later, spearheaded the The New Yorker's popular crossword section. Working with a medium often criticized as exclusionary, elitist, and out-of-touch, Anna is one of very few women in the field of puzzle making, where she strives to make the everyday diversion more diverse. In this fascinating work--part memoir, part cultural analysis--she excavates the hidden history of the crossword and the overlooked women who have been central to its creation and evolution, from the 'Crossword Craze' of the 1920s to the role of digital technology today. As she tells the story of her own experience in the CrossWorld, she analyzes the roles assigned to women in American culture, the boxes they've been allowed to fill, and the ways that they've used puzzles to negotiate the constraints and play of desire under patriarchy. The result is an unforgettable and engrossing work of art, a loving and revealing homage to one of our most treasured, entertaining, and ultimately political pastimes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Content Notes: "I pronouns thee" -- The riddles of the sphinx. I: Black-and-white thinking -- II: Ruth Hale and the crossword craze -- III: Margaret Farrar and the domestication of the crossword -- The sexual politics of wordplay. IV: Do crossword puzzles: advice to a young psychoanalyst -- V: Julia Penelope, cunning linguist -- Politicizing a pastime. VI: When computers replaced women -- VII: The paradoxes of Ruth von Phul.
- Notes: 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 17 21 22
NEW-BOOK - ISBN: 9780063275478
0063275473 - Accession Number: 1384415343
- Accession Number: ccp.1174007
- Publication Information:
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- Call Number: 793.732 SHECHTMA
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- Branch: John's Island Library - New Book Area
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- Branch: Poe Branch on Sullivan's Island - New Book Area
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- Branch: Otranto Road Library - New Book Area
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- Branch: McClellanville Library - New Book Area
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