- Hardcover: 204 pages
- Publisher: University Press of New England (Sep 13 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1584657596
- ISBN-13: 978-1584657590
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 14.5 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #726,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"In lieu of an evening out with the intelligent, witty contributors, this laugh-out-loud funny, touching, thought-provoking collection is highly recommended."--Library Journal
"Barreca's anthology fills a gap in the portrayal of drinking women by not positing them as merely lightweights or lushes, but as intelligent, confident women who embrace and celebrate the drink. Readers and students of Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Social History will definitely find many questions and issues to discuss."--Bookslut
"A collection of witty, provocative pieces about women and their beverages of choice pulled together by humorist Gina Barreca, these tales of women's complex relationships with alcohol are the story of every woman's effort to find independence. All profits from the book will be donated to Windham Hospital's 'Gina's Friends' fund, which aids women in need."--Publisher's Weekly
"Barreca's anthology fills a gap in the portrayal of drinking women by not positing them as merely lightweights or lushes, but as intelligent, confident women who embrace and celebrate the drink. Readers and students of Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Social History will definitely find many questions and issues to discuss."--Bookslut
"A collection of witty, provocative pieces about women and their beverages of choice pulled together by humorist Gina Barreca, these tales of women's complex relationships with alcohol are the story of every woman's effort to find independence. All profits from the book will be donated to Windham Hospital's 'Gina's Friends' fund, which aids women in need."--Publisher's Weekly
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Make Mine a Double pours together a collection of witty, intelligent, and provocative pieces about women and their beverages of choice. Edited by humorist and academic mahatma Gina Barreca, the twenty-eight original essays here come from a diverse community of voices from ages twenty-one to seventy-nine, including such luminaries as Fay Weldon, Wendy Liebman, Amy Bloom, Liza Donnelly, Nicole Hollander, Beth Jones, Dawn Lundy Martin, and many others.
Equal parts paean to spirits, an open discussion of drinking (or not drinking), and a call to feminists everywhere to say "salut," Make Mine a Double shimmers with thoughtfulness, humor, and self-examination. These tales of women's complex relationships with alcohol are the story of every woman's effort to find her independence and sense of belonging, be it at a college party, a high-powered cocktail party, or on a stool at the neighborhood watering hole.
Barreca and the writers have agreed that all their profits from the book will be donated to Windham Hospital's "Gina's Friends" fund, which aids women in need.
Equal parts paean to spirits, an open discussion of drinking (or not drinking), and a call to feminists everywhere to say "salut," Make Mine a Double shimmers with thoughtfulness, humor, and self-examination. These tales of women's complex relationships with alcohol are the story of every woman's effort to find her independence and sense of belonging, be it at a college party, a high-powered cocktail party, or on a stool at the neighborhood watering hole.
Barreca and the writers have agreed that all their profits from the book will be donated to Windham Hospital's "Gina's Friends" fund, which aids women in need.
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"Laugh-out-loud funny, touching, thought-provoking collection is highly recommended", Sep 12 2011
By Love to Read - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not) (Hardcover)
Library Journal RAVES about Make Mine A Double --Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like To Drink (Or Not). Univ. Pr. of New England. Sept. 2011. c.192p. ed. by Gina Barreca. ISBN 9781584657590. $19.95. BEVERAGES
You don't have to drink to enjoy this fine collection of short stories, poems, and essays edited by Barreca (English & feminist theory, Univ. of Connecticut; It's Not That I'm Bitter..., or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World); the complex web of social, cultural, and political factors around women and alcohol will envelop both partakers and teetotalers. The selections run the gamut: Greta Scheibel recalls challenging norms by imbibing publicly in Tanzania; Sarah Rasher discusses negotiating the mores of drinking (and sexual preference) in Japan; Sarah Deming cleverly decries snobbishness and asks for a bartender who will simply make what's ordered; Susan Campbell narrates her search for the perfect drink, which ultimately led her to soda; and Louise Crawford considers the volatile social cocktail of moms and booze. This reviewer swallowed the collection in a single, greedy gulp, but other readers may prefer to savor slowly the nearly 30 works by an impressive list of contributors (e.g., Amy Bloom, Jill Eisenstadt, and Wendy Liebman). VERDICT In lieu of an evening out with the intelligent, witty contributors, this laugh-out-loud funny, touching, thought-provoking collection is highly recommended.--Courtney Greene, Indiana Univ. Libs., Bloomington
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Gift Book for Women Over 21, Sep 14 2011
By Your Best Friend "Your Best Friend" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not) (Hardcover)
Finally, a book for women who enjoy a their vices! Essays, stories, poems, and historical contexts for women and drinking. You can sip these pieces one by one or gulp them down all at once, but this is great gift book for birthdays, showers, divorces (!) and new phases of women's lives.
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Touching and hilarious, both, Dec 10 2011
By Alfred E. Guy Jr. "onela22" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not) (Hardcover)
Make Mine a Double works from the unusual premise that women must drink to seize their full human rights. Well, that's not exactly true, since a few of the essays are not literally about drinking. But they all explore how women in our culture must struggle to claim their desires, how a girl is encouraged to drink "like a lady" rather than "with gusto."As a man who was always scared when his date ate like a bird, I love the women in this book and I love how insistent they are on having their pleasures. I love how sensitive these essays are to the messy ways we tell girls to tame themselves, largely so that they can be ready to clean up after those boys who "will be boys." There's a wide range of voices and all of them are funny, smart, and touching in powerful combinations.
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