Tearing the veil: Essays on femininity
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
Notes on contributors. Introduction. Part 1. Sexuality and the Body 1. The Mother and the Hospital: an unfortunate fit between the woman's internal world and some hospital practices Dana Breen 2. The Witch and her Devils: an exploration of the relationship between femininity and illness Susan Lipschitz 3. The Whore in Peru: the splitting of women into good and bad and the isolation of the prostitute Katherine Arnold Part 2. Representations of Women 4. Tess: The Making of a Pure Woman Mary Jacobus 5. The City's Achievements: the patriotic Amazonomachy and ancient Athens Mandy Merck 6. The Woman-Power: religious heresy and feminism in early English socialism Barbara Taylor. Index.