Push Comes to Shove: New Images of Aggressive Women

by Maud Lavin

Book Overview

The new celebration of women's aggression in contemporary culture, from Kill Bill and Prime Suspect to the artists group Toxic Titties.

In the past, more often than not, aggressive women have been rebuked, told to keep a lid on, turn the other cheek, get over it. Repression more than aggression was seen as woman's domain. But recently there's been a noticeable cultural shift. With growing frequency, women's aggression...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262123096
• ISBN13: 9780262123099
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher