Marilyn Monroe

This book is more than simply a biography of Marilyn Monroe: it analyzes the ways in which her life was interwoven with the images that were constructed of her and the myths that were spun around her. The book's claim to originality lies in its attempt to analyze in a serious way her life, her films and her relation to modern culture. Drawing on critical theory, feminism and film studies, the author re-examines the life and representations of Marilyn Monroe, from her first studio appearance in 1947 to her last tragic performance in "The Misfits". He analyzes the writings of the (mostly male) biographers who, he argues, represent Monroe as other than she was or wanted to be. He thus brings another Marilyn Monroe to light: he shows how this perceptive, intelligent and sensitive person was denied her own image. This book should appeal to a wide audience, and be used on courses in film and cultural studies. It amounts to an analysis of the sexual politics and cultural mythology of our time. It is intended for a general readership interested in Marilyn Monroe, film and contemporary culture, as well as students and academics in media and cultural studies, sociology and social theory.

McCann, Graham

Humor & Entertainment

Polity Press in association with Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK

This book is a study of the history of female madness. Focusing on 19th century France, the author examines the conditions and consequences of the characterization of women as mad. Drawing on archives, medical literature and contemporary fiction, Ripa explores female madness from two sides - external observation and personal experience. She examines the ways in which madwomen were described, both by novelists such as Balzac and Zola, and by the officials of the medical profession and the state. She discusses the growth of asylums during the 19th century and examines the bases upon which women were incarcerated. Finally, drawing on the diaries of inmates, she describes the daily regimes, ill-devised treatments and appalling conditions of the asylums.

Women and Madness: The Incarceration of Women in Nineteenth-Century France (Feminist Perspectives)

Politics & Social Sciences

Ripa, Yannick

Social Sciences

Feminist fiction: Feminist uses of generic fiction

This book examines the ways in which feminists have made use of a number of fictional forms, including science fiction, fantasy, utopian fiction, detective fiction and romance. Cranny-Francis shows how feminist authors have used fictional genres to explore new possibilities about society and about the roles and conceptions of women. Freed from the restrictions imposed by conventions of realism some fictional genres enable the imagination to range widely, but at the same time these genres are often linked to conservative assumptions and beliefs. Cranny-Francis analyses these and other issues through a discussion of the work of Ursula Le Guin, Angela Carter, Tanith Lee, Joanna Russ, Amanda Cross and many others.

Literature & Fiction

Cranny-Francis, Anne

History & Criticism

Cranny-Francis shows how feminist authors have used fictional genres to explore new possibilities about society and about the roles and conceptions of women. Freed from the restrictions imposed by conventions of realism some fictional genres enable the imagination to range widely, but at the same time these genres are often linked to conservative assumptions and beliefs. Cranny-Francis analyses these and other issues through a discussion of the work of Ursula Le Guin, Angela Carter, Tanith Lee, Joanna Russ, Amanda Cross and many others. This wide-ranging and original work will be of particular interest to students and academics in media and cultural studies, women's studies and literature and literary theory. It will also be of interest to anyone who reads modern popular fiction.

Feminist Interpretations and Political Theory

This volume brings together feminist readings of famous classic and contemporary texts from Plato to Rawls. The collection also includes examinations from the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir which are usually excluded from the works conventionally held to comprise "Western political thought". The feminist scholars focus on neglected arguments and silences in the texts and raise fundamentally important questions about the significance of sexual difference in the great works of political theory. A diversity of feminist approaches and theoretical frameworks are represented, forming a variety of interpretations and argument about such questions as the patriarchal construction of central political categories, the relation between public and private life, and the problem of equality and difference, including differences among women.

Feminist interpretations and political theory

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Marilyn Monroe

Women and Madness: The Incarceration of Women in Nineteenth-Century France (Feminist Perspectives)

Feminist fiction: Feminist uses of generic fiction

Feminist fiction: Feminist uses of generic fiction

Feminist interpretations and political theory