Barbara Ehrenreich Summary

A cultural analyst and political activist, Barbara Ehrenreich is arguably one of the most astute, acerbic and witty critics in the United States. She belongs to the generation of feminists who came to... Read more

In the following review, Edelson praises The American Health Empire as an innovative look at the problems with health care in America, although he finds some flaws in the authors' presentation.... Read more

Although critical of several of Ehrenreich's conclusions, in the following review, Henkin finds much to like in Fear of Falling. Most books that make sweeping assertions about American cultu... Read more

In the following excerpt, Fallows examines the correlation among culture, prosperity, and security and their place in Fear of Falling. Economists don't like to talk about the effects of cult... Read more

In the following interview, Ehrenreich discusses the writing of her first fiction book. "I feel like a criminal," says Barbara Ehrenreich. "I didn't mean to do it!... Read more

In the following review, Hutchings provides a summary of the plot elements in Kipper's Game. Like the famous trick with mirrors, this book endlessly repeats itself in different sizes. The le... Read more

In the following review, Ferguson suggests that Ehrenreich's writing is rife with factoids and faulty syllogisms. Barbara Ehrenreich's career as a journalist has followed an interesti... Read more

Below, the reviewer describes Blood Rites as an iconoclastic study in which social commentator and Time essayist Ehrenreich challenges accepted notions of why human beings wage war. In her tenth bo... Read more

In the following excerpt, Barber summarizes developments in the Feminist Movement that he describes as anti-women and then discusses Ehrenreich's The Hearts of Men as a fresh perspective on the... Read more

In the following review, Viorst praises Re-Making Love. It was women—it wasn't men—whose sexual attitudes and behavior drastically changed within the past two decades. The sexu... Read more

Below, Dick gives a negative review of Re-Making Love. In 1964, when we were nine, my best friend and I played a secret game, enacting elaborate adventures in which we would take turns to be Paul M... Read more

Barbara Ehrenreich would make a bad representative of the working poor because she lacks three major things that a woman of that class would actually possess. Ehrenreich doesn't meet the true... Read more