Heartbreakers: Women and Violence in Contemporary Culture and Literature - Hardcover
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. Jo Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman in her latest book where she 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 from cover to cover.
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. Jo Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman in her latest book where she 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 from cover to cover.
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. Jo Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman in her latest book where she 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 from cover to cover.
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From Medea to Goneril to Sharon Stone's ice-pick murderer, the violent woman has fascinated readers and audiences. Josephine Hendin looks at this figure and argues that a violent woman is a grenade pitched toward both conservative and liberal views of women.
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Josephine Hendin is Professor of English and Tino A. Segno Professor of Italian American Studies at New York University.
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- PublisherPalgrave
- Publication date2004
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- ISBN 13 9780312237004
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