The riddles of the sphinx : inheriting the feminist history of the crossword puzzle
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- ISBN: 9780063275478 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
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271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperOne, 2024.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. The riddles of the sphinx -- Black-and-white thinking -- Ruth Hale and the crossword craze -- Margaret Farrar and the domestication of the crossword -- Part II. The sexual politics of wordplay -- Do crossword puzzles : advice to a young psychoanalyst -- Julia Penelope, cunning linguist -- Part III. Politicizing a pastime -- When computers replaced women -- The paradoxes of Ruth von Phul. |
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Subject: | Shechtman, Anna Crossword puzzle makers United States Biography Crossword puzzles History Feminism History Journalists United States Biography Women United States Biography |
Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cookstown Branch | 793.732092 Shech | 31681010363893 | NONFIC | Reshelving | - |