Heartbreakers
Women and Violence in Contemporary Culture and Literature
Published on 3. January 2004
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-312-23700-4 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
'The same as reading a very edgy novel; you want to do it with the lights on and the doors locked. Recommended for all academic libraries.' - Marka Kochis, California State University Library, in The Library JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-23700-4 (9780312237004)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
03/2006
Palgrave MacMillan
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Person
JOSEPHINE HENDIN is Professor of English and Tiro A Segno Professor of Italian American Studies at New York University. Her novel, The Right Thing To Do, won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1988-1989 and was reprinted by The Feminist Press in 1999. She is the author of The World of Flannery O'Connor and Vulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945. She has received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Award as a leading Italian American scholar. Her literary essays have appeared in The New Republic, Harper's Magazine, American Literary History, and other publications.
Content
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