| Description |
xx, 297 pages ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Women in mass media.
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Celebrities -- Conduct of life -- Press coverage.
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Celebrities -- Conduct of life -- Public opinion.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Press coverage.
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Women -- Conduct of life -- Public opinion.
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Feminist theory.
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| ISBN |
9781612195636 hardcover : $25.99 |
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1612195636 hardcover |
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