| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 312 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. |
| Contents |
The heartbreaker effect -- Love on the knife edge and lethal families -- Mother love on the rocks -- The lady is a terrorist : women, violence, and political action -- Violence lite : entertaining aggression -- Heartbreaking patterns. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Violence in women.
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Violence in women. |
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Women in popular culture.
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Women in popular culture. |
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Violence in popular culture.
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Violence in popular culture. |
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Women in mass media.
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Women in mass media. |
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Violence in mass media.
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Violence in mass media. |
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Women in literature.
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Women in literature. |
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Violence in literature.
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Violence in literature. |
| ISBN |
0312237006 hardcover |
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