On Women

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CoverartistAlex Merto
LanguageEnglish
On Women
AuthorSusan Sontag
Cover artistAlex Merto
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssay, criticism
PublisherPicador (US), Hamish Hamilton (UK)
Publication date
May 30, 2023
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback)
Pages208
ISBN978-1250876867

On Women is a nonfiction book by Susan Sontag published in 2023. Sontag's second posthumously published essay collection after At the Same Time (2007), it was edited by her son David Rieff and features an introduction by Turkish-American writer Merve Emre.[1] On Women includes essays and interviews with Sontag about feminism, beauty, aging, sexuality, and fascism.

  • "The Double Standard of Aging".
    First appeared in 1972 in Saturday Review. It was later published in Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s (2013).
  • "The Third World of Women".
    First appeared in 1973 in Partisan Review. It was later published in Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s (2013).
  • "A Woman's Beauty: Put-Down or Power Source?".
    First appeared in 1975 in Vogue. It was later published in Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s (2013).
  • "Beauty: How Will it Change Next?".
    First appeared in 1975 in Vogue. It was later published in Susan Sontag: Essays of the 1960s & 70s (2013).
  • "Fascinating Fascism".
    First appeared in 1975 in The New York Review of Books. It was later published in Under the Sign of Saturn (1980) and in A Susan Sontag Reader (1982).
  • "Feminism and Fascism: An Exchange Between Adrienne Rich and Susan Sontag".
    First appeared in 1975 in The New York Review of Books.
  • "The Salmagundi Interview".
    First appeared in 1975 in Salmagundi. It was later published in A Susan Sontag Reader (1982).

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