Author: Donna Elizabeth Boetig Publisher: Quill Driver Books ISBN: 9781884956027 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 198
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This is the first book to specifically address how to write feature articles for women. It appeals to both active writers and journalists and those who are just beginning.
Author: John Grover Publisher: Blu Phi'er Publishing ISBN: 9780982384510 Category : Languages : en Pages : 168
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Think that women are the softer sex? Well think again! These women will prove you wrong-dead wrong.Gathered in this volume are sixteen tales of ladies of darkness, women of horror, sisters of the night, witness as they turn the tables on their male counterparts with cunning, intelligence and beauty to blaze a hellish path through horror fiction.From the fair maiden to the withered crone women have always had a place in supernatural and horror literature but never have they taken the spotlight as they do now. Read on as they prove that men aren't the only villains to be reckoned with and that they can be every bit as lethal. Every story in this collection features a female villain in all her dark glory from the femme fatale to the wicked witch. You will find no damsels in distress or dim-witted victims in this book-only seductive, cunning, savage and strong villains to make your nightmares sweeter than you could ever imagine. Will you go willingly when they summon, will you succumb when they seduce you, will you fall prey to their Feminine Wiles?
Author: Shalom Goldman Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 143840431X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
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One of the world's oldest recorded folktales tells the story of a handsome young man and the older woman in whose house he resides. Overcome by her feelings for him, the woman attempts to seduce him. When he turns her down she is enraged, and to her husband she accuses the young man of attacking her. The husband, seemingly convinced of his wife's innocence, has the young man punished. But it is precisely that punishment that leads to the hero's vindication and eventual rise to power and prominence. In the West we know this tale--classified in folklore as the Potiphar's Wife motif--from its vivid narration in the Hebrew Bible. But as Shalom Goldman demonstrates in this book, the Bible's is only one telling of a story that appears in the scriptures and folklore of many peoples and cultures, in many different eras, including ancient Egypt, classical Greece, and ancient Mesopotamia, as well as post-Biblical Jewish literature, the Qur'an, and Inuit culture. Goldman compares and contrasts the treatment of this motif especially in the literature and lore of the ancient Near East, Biblical Israel, and early Islam, at the same time touching on gender issues--the status of women in Middle Eastern societies and the varying constructions of male-female relationships--and the vexed question of "originality" in the narratives of the monotheistic traditions.
Author: Karina Moore Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0753538105 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 347
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Young American art student Kelly Aslett is spending the summer in Paris before flying back to California to claim her property inheritance when she falls in lust and love with gorgeous French painter Luc Duras. But her stepmother - the scheming and hedonistic Marissa - is determined to claim the luxury house for herself. Still in love with Luc, Kelly is horrified to find herself sexually entranced by the enigmatic figure of Johnny Casigelli, a ruthless but very sexy villain Marissa has enlisted in her scheme to wrestle the inheritance away from Kelly. Will she succumb to his masculine charms, or can she use her feminine wiles to gain what is rightfully hers?
Author: Gordon Morris Bakken Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803226578 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 297
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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent in the courtroom. Women Who Kill Men examines eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder from 1870 to 1958. The fascinating details of these murder trials, documented in court records and embellished newspaper coverage, mirrored the changing public image of women. Although murder was clearly outside the norm for standard female behavior, most women and their attorneys relied on gendered stereotypes and language to create their defense and sometimes to leverage their status in a patriarchal system. Those who could successfully dress and act the part of the victim were most often able to win the sympathies of the jury. Gender mattered. And though the norms shifted over time, the press, attorneys, and juries were all informed by contemporary gender stereotypes.
Author: Susan Brownmiller Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1480441961 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 364
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With intelligence and humor, Susan Brownmiller explores the history and unspoken rules of the burden of “feminine perfection” What is femininity? How is it measured? What are its demands? How are women meant to dress, look, think, act, feel, and be, according to the mores of society? Susan Brownmiller offers a witty and often pointed critique of the concept of femininity in contemporary culture and throughout history. She explores the demands placed upon women to fit an established mold, examines female stereotypes, and celebrates the hard-won advances in women’s lifestyle and attire. At once profound, revolutionary, empowering, and entertaining, Femininity challenges the accepted female norm while appreciating the women throughout history who have courageously broken free of its constraints.
Author: James Wolcott Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 0061873098 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
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Bartender by day, actor by night, Johnny Downs cheerfully floats through life, living alone with his jukebox and his cat. Blindsided when his dazzling girlfriend dumps him, Johnny is wounded, stunned, and, most of all, clueless. You're like most men -- oblivious, says his friend Darlene. Her diagnosis: Johnny is doomed to be rejected by every woman he desires as long as he clings to his outmoded bachelor ways. Darlene puts him on a rigorous crash course to re-brand himself as husband material. But does Darlene really have his best interests at heart? And who are all these catsitters that keep coming into his life?
Author: Denise Caignon Publisher: Harper Perennial ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 360
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Her Wits About Her offers the vibrant, empowering message that women can fight back, and do so effectively. Common media stories often reinforce the myth that women are helpless and should not defend themselves. Yet current research shows that women who resist do get away and often escape injury.
Author: Donna Elizabeth Boetig
Author: Jane Bowles
Author: John Grover
Author: Shalom Goldman
Author: Karina Moore
Author: Gordon Morris Bakken
Author: Parkin
Author: Susan Brownmiller
Author: James Wolcott
Author: Denise Caignon