Divergent Women: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Female Deviance and Dissent
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 Broom...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley
Emerald Publishing
2022
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Edition: | First Edition |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | 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 -- 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 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 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 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 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 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (167 Seiten), Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80117-678-1 |
