224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 diverse areas, including: * Frank Wedekind's Lulu Plays * Thelma and Louise and Basic Instinct * the performance art... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction: The Paradox of Prohibition 2. The Victorian Villainess and the Patriarchal Unconscious 3. Enter the Invert: Frank Wedekind’s Lulu Plays 4. Chloe Liked Olivia: Death, Desire, and Detection in the Female Buddy Film 5. Reconsidering Homophobia: Karen Finley’s Indiscretions 6. Race and Reproduction: Single White Female 7. Why Woman Did It: Basic Instinct and Its Vicissitudes 8. Surpassing the Word: Aileen Wuornos 9. Afterword: Zero Degree Deviancy—Lesbians Who Kill
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Lynda Hart
`... writes with her usual authority. The work is clean thorough and incisine.' - Ms S J Dickenson, Hull Univ
