Fatal Women: Lesbian Sexuality and the Mark of Aggression

ISBN-13: 9780415100823 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 224 str.

Lynda Hart

Opis

Starting from the historical link between criminality and sexual deviancy, this text builds a complex 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 of Karen Finley in the context of censorship debates; The Split Britches performance, Lesbians Who Kill, and Fatal Women.

Recenzje

`... writes with her usual authority. The work is clean thorough and incisine.' - Ms S J Dickenson, Hull Univ

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Lynda Hart