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Trainwreck: the women we love to hate, mock, and fear-- and why

Name: Trainwreck: the women we love to hate, mock, and fear-- and why
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9781612195643

Doyle, Sady

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"From Mary Wollstonecraft--who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman--to Charlotte Brontë, Billie Holiday, Sylvia Plath, and even Hillary Clinton, [this book] dissects a centuries-old phenomenon and asks what it means now, in a time when we have unprecedented access to celebrities and civilians alike, and when women are pushing harder than ever against the boundaries of what it means to 'behave'"--Amazon.com.;Preface: Our trainwrecks, ourselves -- The trainwreck: her crimes. Sex ; Need ; Madness ; Death -- The trainwreck: her options. Shut up ; Speak up -- The trainwreck: her role. Scapegoat ; Revolutionary -- Conclusion: The view from the tracks.

Request Code : ZLIBIO2672042

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Year:

2016

Publisher:

Melville House

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1612195644

ISBN 13:

9781612195643