{"product_id":"dead-blondes-and-bad-mothers-monstrosity-patriarchy-and-the-fear-of-female-power","title":"Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power","description":"A Kirkus Reviews “Best Book of the Year”\n\nThis “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her).\n\nWomen have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.\n\nMaybe they are. And maybe that’s a good thing.\n\nSady Doyle, hailed as “smart, funny and fearless” by the Boston Globe, takes readers on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula’s Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in Jurassic Park to the teen witches of The Craft. She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares: Serial killer Ed Gein’s “domineering” mother Augusta; exorcism casualty Anneliese Michel, who starved herself to death to quell her demons; author Mary Shelley, who dreamed her dead child back to life.\n\nThese monsters embody patriarchal fear of women, and illustrate the violence with which men enforce traditionally feminine roles. They also speak to the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. In a dark and dangerous world, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive.\n\n“Some people take a scalpel to the heart of media culture; Sady Doyle brings a bone saw, a melon baller, and a machete.” —Andi Zeisler, author of We Were Feminists Once\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1612197922\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1612197922.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Doyle, Sady\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505685831738,"sku":"DBV.1612197922.G","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1612197922-0.jpg?v=1783199412","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/dead-blondes-and-bad-mothers-monstrosity-patriarchy-and-the-fear-of-female-power","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}