ISBN:
9781801176781
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (167 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
First Edition
Series Statement:
Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Divergent women
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Women
;
Deviant behavior
;
Femininity
;
Deviant behavior
;
Femininity
;
Women
Abstract:
Cover -- Divergent Women -- Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions -- Divergent Women: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Female Deviance and Dissent -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. IntroductionNTRODUCTION: GraspingRASPING theTHE BroomstickROOMSTICK, CuttingUTTING theTHE UmbilicalMBILICAL CordORD -- References -- 1 -- Maiden -- Reference -- 2. Portrait of the Monster as a Young Girl -- An Interactive Dialogue -- Abstract -- Bibliography -- 3. Spiteful Spirits: Projection and Blaming in Women's Lives and Mother-Daughter Narratives
Abstract:
Abstract -- Introduction -- Mothers -- Unnatural Mothers -- Losing the Self -- Female Jealousy -- Curiosity -- Difficult Daughters -- Difficult Images -- Difficult Biology -- Unwanted Daughters -- Blame -- References -- Articles/ Chapters -- Books -- 4. Witch Hunt -- The Media's Obsession With One Infamous Canadian -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Chronology of the Crimes -- Media Coverage -- Qualitative Aspects of the Media Attention -- Homolka as Victim -- Plea Bargain 'Deal With the Devil' -- Media Monikers -- Biased Media Coverage and Gendered Notion of Violence
Abstract:
Spikes in the Frequency of Media Coverage -- Post-release Media Coverage -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 -- Mother -- Reference -- 5. The Paradox of Female Villainy in Mary Robinson's Walsingham and Charlotte Smith's the Young Philosopher -- Abstract -- Introduction -- A Common Experience: The Suffering Women -- Female Villains: A Personal Vengeance -- Wicked Mothers and Absent Fathers -- Role Reversal -- The Paradox: Feminism and Misogyny of Eighteenth-Century Female Writers -- The Rebellious Lucifer -- Conclusion -- References
Abstract:
6. Resubjectivation of the Female Voice in Eunsung Kim's My Mother's Story -- Abstract: -- References -- 7. Off With Their Wombs! Cultural Representations of Women's Rebellion Against Motherhood -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Be Fruitful... and Bring the Child Forth... -- The Victorian Sacrificing Mother -- The Wicked Stepmother and Disney's Other Villainous Mothers -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Beyond Mandatory Motherhood: How Childfree Women Use Digital Spaces to Redefine Womanhood -- Abstract -- References -- 3 -- Crone -- Reference -- 9. All About Snow White's Mother -- Abstract
Abstract:
The 'Defining Moment' -- 'The Fantasy of Reversal' -- 'A New Horizon for Development' -- References -- 10. Forgiving European Witches: The Case for Pardons and Memorials -- Abstract -- Introduction -- What Is a Witch? -- A Very Brief History of the Witch Hunts -- The Challenges of Pardons and Memorials -- Why Must We Remember? -- References -- Index
Abstract:
Delving into reflective and auto-ethnographic perspectives which explore subjective responses to the influence of the representation and treatment of evil women, Divergent Womenis ultimately a celebratory reclamation of the concept of feminine transgression
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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