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Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis. By Marion Ann Taylor and Heather E. Weir.

Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis. By Marion Ann... 374 BOOK REVIEWS customs, which may be applicable even outside France. Showing for instance the dubious prominence of job selecting by interview, which favours an elite, Le Doeuff asks why it is ‘precisely the ‘‘top-level’’ selection procedures that are so impression- istic?’ Why indeed? This Notebook inspires perhaps more by the approach exhibited than the actual topics discussed. Hipparchia had to choose between study and the spinning wheel—hence the French title l’etude et le rouet (though I wonder whether the French readers think of Hipparchia when they hear these two words together, just as English readers may not know what choice she had to make). Now that women can go to university and study philosophy, the choice seems no longer that intimidating. Yet, it can still be difficult to enter a field which for centuries was dominated by a small, select group. Even though Le Doeuff shows that these problems affect women more than men, she also makes clear that the problems are essentially philosophical and thus should be of interest to all. She shows moreover that such difficulties can create inspiring philosophy, and Hipparchia’s Choice provides a prominent example. Hipparchia’s Choice is a book to be picked up http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Literature and Theology Oxford University Press

Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth Century Women Writing on Women in Genesis. By Marion Ann Taylor and Heather E. Weir.

Literature and Theology , Volume 22 (3) – Sep 5, 2008

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0269-1205
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374 BOOK REVIEWS customs, which may be applicable even outside France. Showing for instance the dubious prominence of job selecting by interview, which favours an elite, Le Doeuff asks why it is ‘precisely the ‘‘top-level’’ selection procedures that are so impression- istic?’ Why indeed? This Notebook inspires perhaps more by the approach exhibited than the actual topics discussed. Hipparchia had to choose between study and the spinning wheel—hence the French title l’etude et le rouet (though I wonder whether the French readers think of Hipparchia when they hear these two words together, just as English readers may not know what choice she had to make). Now that women can go to university and study philosophy, the choice seems no longer that intimidating. Yet, it can still be difficult to enter a field which for centuries was dominated by a small, select group. Even though Le Doeuff shows that these problems affect women more than men, she also makes clear that the problems are essentially philosophical and thus should be of interest to all. She shows moreover that such difficulties can create inspiring philosophy, and Hipparchia’s Choice provides a prominent example. Hipparchia’s Choice is a book to be picked up

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Literature and TheologyOxford University Press

Published: Sep 5, 2008

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