Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power [First ed.] 9781612197920, 9781612197937, 2019943705

Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, ca

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Table of contents :
CONTENTS

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction: Domestic Terror
Part I
DAUGHTERS
1. Puberty
2. Virginity
Part II
WIVES
3. Seduction
4. Marriage
Part III
MOTHERS
5. Birth
6. Family
7. Bad Mothers
Conclusion: The Woman at the Edge of the Woods
Appendix: Resource Guide
Acknowledgments
Notes

Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power [First ed.]
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