A review by dani7silver
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

3.0

Rebecca Solnit is a lovely author, with many of her books being an enjoyable read for me. From my own experience, this book feels a bit naive, and now a bit dated. The way she approaches history at times gives off the feeling that she is not a historian- which she is not. This sentiment is strongly felt in her essay "Man the Hunter", which interestingly brings up Sahlins 1972 book "Stone Age Economics", but misses out on a wide amount of feminist and gender literature coming from the archaeological and anthropological fields from the 1980s onwards. I think it is a lack of knowledge due to her background which could make some of these historical aspects of her feminist writing seem less researched. Otherwise an interesting read!