Trainwreck
Subtitle: the women we love to hate, mock, and fear ... and why
By: Sady Doyle
Publisher: Melville House
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781612195636
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Conduct of life; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Feminist theory; Press coverage; Celebrities; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Public opinion; Women in mass media; Women
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Our trainwrecks, ourselves; title: The trainwreck: her crimes. Sex ; Need ; Madness ; Death; title: The trainwreck: her options. Shut up ; Speak up; title: The trainwreck: her role. Scapegoat ; Revolutionary; title: Conclusion: The view from the tracks.