Pengpai News reporter Cheng Qianqian compiled
On June 24, local time, The US Supreme Court overturned the ruling of the 1973 "Roy v. Wade case", denied that the right to abortion is a constitutional right, and left the issue of the legality of abortion. Give states a response. The ruling subverts a landmark precedent nearly 50 years ago and is a rare reversal that challenges reproductive autonomy in modern America. Why did the U.S. Supreme Court make this ruling? What threat does the crisis in the United States have to the lives and health of women? What situations are women facing globally? If you want to answer these questions, you might as well read the following books.
1. "Nine People: The Storm of the U.S. Supreme Court"
(US) by Jeffrey Tubin, Shanghai Sanlian Bookstore , published in April 2010
This book takes a perspective towards Reinquist Court and Roberts Court, It objectively describes the history of internal conflicts of views and changes in positions of the Supreme Court on agendas such as abortion, civil rights, and political and religious relations between 1980 and 2007. Columnist Jeffrey Tubin interviewed the current justice and more than 70 judges' assistants, and described Reinquist, O'Connor , Roberts , Kennedy , Scalia, etc. in the form of a biography. The personality, philosophy and growth experience of the justices vividly explain the relationship between the judges’ personal preferences, political factions and judgment opinions. The book covers almost all the important judgments of the Supreme Court in the past 17 years, and intersperses the development history of conservative organizations such as the Federalist Association and the Center for Law and Justice of the United States.
As a bestselling writer, Tubin is good at grasping materials, telling stories, and many rare anecdotes are told through his vivid brushstrokes. People will read in this book: Why did O'Connor, who personally sent Bush to White House , end up becoming enemies with the president? How did a gay judge assistant change the legal culture of the Supreme Court? Why did Chief Justice Renquist so disgusted with Miranda v. Arizona and refused to overthrow it? Clinton Why did President finally give up the idea of nominating a politician as a justice? Why should the right-wing conservative forces firmly resist Albert Gonzalez and Harriet Myers, two hard-core conservatives, serve as justices? Why did Justice Thomas say nothing during the trial?
Tubin's detailed portrayal perfectly presents the other side of the justices under the black robes: Kennedy's indulgence, Renquist's "fashionable", Scalia's childishness, O'Connor's sudden whims, Thomas his maverick, Breyer's long-sleeved dance, and Suth's hermit temperament. It is also for this reason that " New York Times " recommends this book as the top ten good books in 2007.
2. "Who will protect justice: Interview with the Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court"
(US) by Brian Ram, Susan Swin, Mark Farcas, Peking University Press , December 2012 Published
The US president has a high position and still needs to be replaced regularly. However, nine justices of the Supreme Court served for life and lived in simplicity. They tried cases and issued judgments in the magnificent building called the "Marble Temple" to protect the Constitution and justice.
Why is judicial justice left to these nine people to guard a superpower with more than 300 million citizens and thousands of nuclear bombs? On this judicial "assembly line", how is the "fair judgment" as the final product produced? Why do the American people trust their judicial abilities and professional ethics? With the above questions, Public Affairs Television (C-SPAN) interviewed nine current justices and three outgoing justices.
All justices appeared on the scene to be interviewed by a TV station, which is the first time in American history. These precious interview records are included in this book. In the book, the justices used vivid and popular language to interpret the internal operations of the most powerful and mysterious government agencies in the United States in detail. They talked about their judicial philosophy and struggle experiences, and did not hide the inside story of the Supreme Court's decision-making, and a large amount of content was made public for the first time.
Through this book, Chinese readers can learn: How does the US Supreme Court view public opinion? Will the case of "one-sided" public opinion affect the judges' judgment? How do they deal with their relationship with Congress and the White House? What kind of court debate style do you like and what advice do you have to advise lawyers? Who has the final say in the internal meeting? Who will draft the verdict? To enrich readers' understanding, the book also includes interviews with the current Supreme Court clerk, former judge's assistant, former chief government lawyer, trial lawyer, senior journalist and historian, which fully demonstrates the highest level of the United States to readers from different perspectives. The court's historical origins, functional positioning and traditional culture will facilitate readers to further understand these "guardians of rule of law and justice".
3. "Moment of Dissent: "Infamous" Justice Ginsberg"
(US) by Irene Kamon and Shana Kaniznik, Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House , published in September 2018
Lu Shbud Ginsburg was nominated as Supreme Court Justice in 1993 by Democratic President Bill Clinton. She is the second female judge of the U.S. Supreme Court after Sandra Day O'Connor, and the first female judge of Jewish. She has been committed to the fight, maintenance and protection of women's rights throughout her life, and firmly advocates that women have the right to have abortion.
As a widely-published American civil rights idol, Ginsburg is affectionately called "notorious R.B.G." by fans, imitating the famous American rapper Christopher Wallace The nickname for .
Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020. After that, Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice, she passed the vote of the U.S. Senate Judicial Committee and was sworn in on October 26. This means that the justice nominated by the Republican Party occupy 6 of the nine seats, further consolidating the dominant majority and lighting up the "right turn signal" for American society in the next decades. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court denied that the right to abortion is a constitutional right and is also one of the chain reactions after Ginsberg's death.
"Moment of Dissent" is a biography of Ginsberg. Part of the contents of the book are biography, part of the picture collection, and part of the record of Ginsberg's case. Through interspersed interviews, illustrations, Internet hot words and other materials, Ginsberg's life was wonderfully traced back. This book was also recommended by Jeffrey Tubin, author of "Nine People: The Storm of the U.S. Supreme Court" and He Fan, a well-known legal and political translator, and became the bestseller of the New York Times, and won " Boston Globe ", "Fashion", and Recommended book reviews such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
4. "The Handmaid's Story"
(Canada) by Margaret Atwood , Shanghai Translation Press Publishing House , published in December 2017
Margaret Atwood is the most outstanding contemporary Canadian one One of the writers, her masterpiece "The Handmaid's Story" was published in 1985. This is a dystopian novel about the future in the fictional Republic of Gilead. Due to the severe damage to environmental pollution and ecology, human survival and fertility rates have been reduced. Extremists who believe in the philosophy have taken power and men's rights. In supremacy, men occupy an absolute dominance, while women become male accessories and are divided into different levels. The Handmaid is one of these levels and is also the core of the discussion of the whole story.
The protagonist Offred is a handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She is one of the few women in the country who can give birth to children and is assigned to a commander family without offspring to help them give birth to children. Like other women in this country, she has no freedom to move and is deprived of her rights to property, work and reading. Except for some special days, the maids are only allowed to go out shopping once a day, and their every move is monitored by the "eye". What's worse is that in this crazy world, human beings not only have to face problems such as ecological deterioration, economic crisis, , etc., but also fall into a chaotic situation of mutual hostility, hierarchy differentiation and wanton killing.Women are not the only object of oppression in this catastrophe, and everyone is the victim of this seemingly absurd world.
"The Handmaid's Story" was adapted into a drama of the same name in 2017 and was broadcast on Hulu TV. After the broadcast, it won the 69th Emmy Awards for Best Drama, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress at at 69th Emmy Awards. Awards such as , Best Director and Best Screenwriter have caused a strong response around the world. Against the backdrop of the US abortion rights crisis, this story also has more practical significance. People think that Handmaid's Story is becoming a reality.
After the US Supreme Court's draft on overturning the "Roy v. Wade case" was leaked in early May, the author Atwood repeatedly criticized the Supreme Court's intention to further restrict women's reproductive freedom. She also commented on this issue in her new book, Burning Questions, which has been published in The Guardian.
5. "Testimation"
(Canada) by Margaret Atwood, Shanghai Translation Press, published in July 2020
As a sequel to "The Handmaid's Story", "Testimation" tells the story of "The Handmaid's Story". 》Fifteen years later, the rule of Gilead showed signs of decline and corruption from the inside. At the critical moment when the great change is approaching, the fate of three women of different identities and backgrounds begins to interlaced, which leads to subversive consequences. They witnessed the changes in history from their respective perspectives, and three different narrative voices built a larger and broader time and space, revealing the secrets behind the overthrow of the Kingdom of Gilead for the first time. The past and the future gradually overlap in the narrative, and the truth is presented to readers in an amazing look.
"Testimation" is a story about how women find the "right to know" through various ways - including wisdom and action - and therefore, "Testimation" is even more thrilling than "The Handmaid's Story".
6. "The Choice to Be a Mother"
(Israel) by Ona Donat, Beijing United Publishing Company, published in February 2022
This is a topical work by the Israeli sociologist Ona Donat. This book focuses on the topic of "regret about giving birth" for the first time, showing the emotional journey of women before and after giving birth. Regret does not exist, it is just that it is not allowed to speak.
Is maternal nature born? Is it a woman’s duty to be a mother? These questions were always accompanied by Donat and her investigation and eventually developed into the book "The Choice of Being a Mother". In this book, Donat interviews twenty-three Israeli women, regardless of their age, education level, or social class, who have one thing in common, that is, they have become mothers. Through long-term follow-up interviews, Donat traces the process of these women becoming mothers, analyzes their emotional world before and after the birth of their children, and investigates how they recognize and resolve conflicts in the process of giving birth. "The Choice to Become a Mother" uses the voice of women to show a three-dimensional and complex image of a mother.
7. "First Mother"
(English) by Ann Oakley, Nanjing University Press , published in January 2022
What does it mean for women? What does it mean to be a woman and a mother in our socio-culture?
British sociologist Ann Oakley discussed the issue of fertility with a sharp eye and one by one. She will return the right to interpret "fertility" as defined by patriarchal politics and professionals to women. In the 1970s, she interviewed 66 women, mainly using their oral narratives to record the true feelings of becoming a mother. Based on the true stories of these women, Oakley discusses: pregnancy mental journey, real childbirth experience, postpartum depression, , daily parenting, division of labor in the family, experience and lessons, etc.
In her conversation with these women, she started a popular class on fertility, traced the history of fertility, observed the fertility scene closely, and talked about topics such as parent-child relationship, work, sex, and family politics.
8. "Patriarchy and Capitalism"
(Sunday) by Chizuko Ueno, Zhejiang University Press, published in March 2020
What is patriarchy? How do contemporary women suffer from patriarchal oppression and exploitation? Where is the road to women's liberation?
This book is an important work completed by the author over ten years. It is the beginning of his rise in the second wave of feminism. The postmodern feminism thoughts and queer theory , and the queer theory , which is a feminist faction, especially Rethinking of Marxist feminism. Under the dual control of the "market" dominated by " capitalism " and the "family form dominated by "patriarchy", modern society has formed the historical roots of low female status with free women's services. The author conducted this Deeply criticized and made pertinent suggestions on how to improve the social status of women.
Although this book discusses the status of Japanese women, its views are applicable to the current national conditions of China to a considerable extent. Therefore, for any thinking about women People with status and gender equality are very inspiring.
9. " Women's Poverty "
(Japanese) NHK special program recording team, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, published in September 2017
This book belongs to the translation documentary series, produced by the special report team of Japan's NHK TV Station "I Can't See Tomorrow - More and More Serious The poverty of young women and the impact of women and children, the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Japan, etc., are gathered, focusing on the increasingly serious social problems in Japan, such as the poverty of women and children, the intergenerational transmission of poverty, etc., which is very worthy of Chinese readers. Understand, reflect and take it as a warning.
10. "Gender Politics and the State - On the Liberation of Chinese Women"
Zhang Nian , Commercial Press , published in February 2014
In the past century, the individual existence of Chinese women has experienced a bumpy journey from being ignored, distorted, and transformed to legitimate extension. We are in the process of revolution, liberation, equality, and freedom. While understanding the most important political concept "losing a sense of belonging", it is necessary to pay attention to an extremely important theoretical question: whether women's liberation is only freed from the cultural shackles of traditional society, but has not gained some prior value. Rely on and find the best for liberation and freedom at the political level The final reason for the state? This philosophical lack may be the deeper reason why Chinese women cannot go further in real life.
The author of this book, Zhang Nian, is a famous feminist critic, and associate professor of , School of Humanities, Tongji University , the main research areas include feminist theory, political philosophy and cultural criticism. This book deeply presents various contradictions and paradoxes in the process of Chinese women's liberation, and spreads the tortuous journey of Chinese women towards freedom in the theoretical perspective, which is a complete work Today's academic blank work.
Editor: Zhang Zhe
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