Heartbreakers : women and violence in contemporary culture and literature
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Heartbreakers : women and violence in contemporary culture and literature
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index
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Description
From Medea to Goneril to Sharon Stone's ice pick murderer to Susan Smith, the image of the violent woman has fascinated readers and audiences in a way that other figures have not. Josephine Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman and argues that a violent woman is a grenade pitched towards both conservative and liberal views of women. Peopled with some of the most fascinating women in history, both real and imagined, "Heartbreakers" is a thought-provoking read.
Table of Contents
The Medea Effect Mother Love on the Rocks Love on the Knife Edge and Lethal Families The Lady is a Terrorist Violence Light: Entertaining Aggression Patterns
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