Women and the abuse of power : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Helen Gavin (University of Huddersfield, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gavin, Helen, editor.

Series:

Emerald Interdisciplinary Connexions

Emerald interdisciplinary connexions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Male domination (Social structure).

Women's studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

Do witches and witchcraft represent our understanding of how women who threaten the patriarchy are demonised? If to be born female is to be born deviant, how deviant is a body transformed to be female? There are few explorations of whether power exercised by women is as robust as that exercised by men, and therefore whether it is more open to abusive use. This fascinating anthology examines these questions through the lens of literary critique, history, criminology, and psychology to explore another representation of women - in relation to how they abuse power, or how they react when they are the victims of that abuse. With themes ranging from the personal consideration of female bodies, to the supernatural hidden realm, to the public condemnation of women who fall foul of either the law or of a male-dominated world, this collection of interdisciplinary essays provides an in-depth look at the fate of women who abuse or are abused by power.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Seduced by satan / Cynthia Jones

Chapter 2. Murders most foul / Kristin Bone

Chapter 3. Male gaze and female monstrosity / Almudena Nido

Chapter 4. The monstrous girl / Miranda Corcoran

Chapter 5. Punk mood, junk food / Gina Gwenffrewi

Chapter 6. Digital coercive control morag / Claire Kennedy

Chapter 7. Women, torture and the abuse of power / Theresa Porter and Helen Gavin

Chapter 8. Good blokes and bad mothers / Laura Button.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Gavin, Helen Women and the Abuse of Power

ISBN:

9781800433342

1800433344

9781800433366

1800433360

OCLC:

1294149216