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Heartbreakers: Women and Violence in Contemporary Culture and Literature Book

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.Read More

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    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.

  • 0312237006
  • 9780312237004
  • Josephine Hendin
  • 29 January 2004
  • Saint Martin's Press Inc.
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
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