Heart Breakers : women and violence in contemporary culture and literature.
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TextPublication details: New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Description: viii, 312 p. : 22 cmISBN: 0-312-23700-6 (hbk.)Subject(s): Abusive women | Women in popular culture | Violent womenDDC classification: MCL 305.4 HEN Summary: Publisher's 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. 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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Publisher's 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. 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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