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.
Starting from the historical link between criminality and sexual deviancy, this text builds a complex theory in which the shadow of the lesbian animat...
In this study of lesbian sadomasochism, Lynda Hart focuses on the ways in which sadomasochistic sexual practices have been engaged by critics and theorists. She notes how, for two decades, this much-reviled area of sexuality has emerged as a Rorschach test for diverse communities - radical feminists, mainstream feminists, and the New Right - that are struggling to come to grips with their own sexual anxieties.
In this study of lesbian sadomasochism, Lynda Hart focuses on the ways in which sadomasochistic sexual practices have been engaged by critics and theo...
