
A groundbreaking and provocative look at how violent women have been represented in literature, plays, film, and performance

A groundbreaking and provocative look at how violent women have been represented in literature, plays, film, and performance

Starting from the historical link between criminality and sexual deviancy, Lynda Hart builds a complex and original theory in which the shadow of the lesbian animates representations of violent women in literature, plays, films and performance. Chapters detail this theory in...