{"product_id":"9781612197920","title":"Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eDoyle, Sady\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e “Best Book of the Year”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of \u003ci\u003eRage Becomes Her\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaybe they are. And maybe that’s a good thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSady Doyle, hailed as “smart, funny and fearless” by the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, takes readers on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e’s Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in \u003ci\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/i\u003e to the teen witches of \u003ci\u003eThe Craft.\u003c\/i\u003e She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares: Serial killer Ed Gein’s “domineering” mother Augusta; exorcism casualty Anneliese Michel, who starved herself to death to quell her demons; author Mary Shelley, who dreamed her dead child back to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese monsters embody patriarchal fear of women, and illustrate the violence with which men enforce traditionally feminine roles. They also speak to the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. In a dark and dangerous world, \u003ci\u003eDead Blondes and Bad Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture; Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete.” —Andi Zeisler, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Were Feminists Once\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44209913889023,"sku":"9781612197920","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781612197920.jpg?v=1783446227","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781612197920","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}