The Enigma Woman
Title | The Enigma Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen A. Cairns |
Publisher | Bison Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780803224506 |
"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman-and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional-were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the "beautiful, dark-haired widow." The ensuing drama unfolded with all the twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Cairns's re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath also casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence as a defense for murder. Kathleen A. Cairns is a lecturer in the Department of History at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is the author of Front-Page Women Journalists, 1920-1950 (Nebraska 2003).
The Enigma of Woman
Title | The Enigma of Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Kofman |
Publisher | Ithaca : Cornell University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Psychology |
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"Kofman discusses various facets of Freud's attitudes toward women in his early years--his relation to his parents, the crystallization and development of his personal myths, his surprisingly liberal views in respect to certain independent women of his acquaintance, his thoughts on the mythic power of the Mother and on the putatively feminine side of his own nature. Then, by means of forceful new readings of "On Narcissism," "Femininity," and other works, she reveals that in his writings on women, Freud consistently alludes to women's menace, at times expressing fascination with their power, at times betraying panic. Kofman seeks to demonstrate that Freud in his later years was unable to see past the "idée fixe" of penis envy; his earlier receptivity toward women was overcome entirely by his need to argue with relentless illogic the inescapable, biologically determined inferiority of women."--Back cover.
The Physiological Enigma of Woman
Title | The Physiological Enigma of Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Dr. R. W. Bernard |
Publisher | Health Research Books |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1996-09 |
Genre | Menstruation |
ISBN | 9780787312145 |
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
The Historical Enigma of the Snake Woman from Antiquity to the 21st Century
Title | The Historical Enigma of the Snake Woman from Antiquity to the 21st Century PDF eBook |
Author | Angela Giallongo |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2018-06-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1527512134 |
This book provides an exploration of the historical conditions that gradually defined subordinating symbols and conflictual values in social relations between the sexes. It reveals how snakes and the gelid eyes of Medusa—the archetypical snake-woman—have reverberated across the visual arts and written sources throughout the ages in association with negative emotions: fear, anger, scorn and shame. The outcomes and implications of the disturbing correlation between the dangerous female gaze, the malignitas of the snake and the lethal power of menstruation that have been woven through the fabric of the Western imaginary are analysed here. This analysis reveals an intriguing history of female reptilian hybrids—from the pleasing Minoan snake goddesses to the depressing Gorgon, Echidna, Amazons, Eve, Melusine, Basilisk, Poison-Damsel, Catoblepas and Sadako/Samara—and gives the reader an opportunity to explore things that never happened but have always been.
The Enigma of Woman
Title | The Enigma of Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Kofman |
Publisher | Ithaca : Cornell University Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780801498985 |
Analyzes Sigmund Freud's view of the psychology of women and argues that Freud developed a belief in women's inferiority
The Enigma of the Kerala Woman
Title | The Enigma of the Kerala Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Swapna Mukhopadhyay |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9788187358268 |
Contributed articles with reference to the state of Kerala, India.
The Enigma of a Violent Woman
Title | The Enigma of a Violent Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Kilty |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2016-04-14 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1317033965 |
Karla Homolka has proven to be a figure of enduring interest to the public and media for the last 20 years. However, despite the widespread Canadian and international public commentary and media frenzy that has encircled this case, Homolka herself remains an enigma to most who write about her. In contrast to much of the contemporary discussion on this case, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the legal, public and media understandings and explanations of Homolka’s criminality. Drawing from multiple fields of study and varied bodies of critical literature, the book uses Homolka as an object lesson to interrogate some of the narratives and conceptualizations of ‘violent women’, the problematic normative constructions of womanhood and ‘acceptable femininity’, leniency in sentencing, taboo and disgust, and questions of remorse. The authors address broad questions about how women convicted of violence are typically constructed across four sites: the courts; the academy; the mainstream media; and public discourse. This unique text is extremely important for feminist criminology and socio-legal studies, offering the first comprehensive academic effort to engage in dialogue about this important and fascinating case.