Heartthrobs: A History of Women and Desire

ISBN-13: 9780198828129 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str.

University of Sussex Carol (Professor of History (Emeritus)

Opis

The story of female desire and fantasy, told through the cultural history of the heartthrob, from Byron to boy-bands. Feminists have commonly represented women as objects of the 'male gaze': this book looks at men through the eyes of women.

Recenzje

Carol Dyhouse asks tough, scholarly questions about what-or rather who-makes female hearts beat faster.

O autorze

Carol Dyhouse is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Sussex. She has written extensively about the social history of women, gender, and education. Her recent publications include Glamour: Women, History, Feminism (Zed Books, 2011) and Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women (Zed Books, 2013). She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and in 2004 she was awarded an honorary D.Litt from the University of Winchester in recognition of her work on history and education.