Trainwreck : the women we love to hate, mock, and fear ... and why / Sady Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, Jude Ellison S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in mass media.

Celebrities--Conduct of life--Press coverage.

Celebrities.

Celebrities--Conduct of life--Public opinion.

Women--Conduct of life--Press coverage.

Women.

Women--Conduct of life--Public opinion.

Feminist theory.

Women--Conduct of life.

Public opinion.

Press coverage.

Celebrities--Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

xx, 297 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House, [2016]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-287) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Doyle, Sady, author. Trainwreck.

ISBN:

9781612195636

1612195636

OCLC:

942838445