{"product_id":"2940173669278","title":"Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eWomen have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.   \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMaybe they are. And maybe that's a good thing....\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSady Doyle, hailed as \"smart, funny, and fearless\" by the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in \u003ci\u003eJurassic Park\u003c\/i\u003e to the teen witches of \u003ci\u003eThe Craft\u003c\/i\u003e. She illuminates the women who have shaped our nightmares: Serial killer Ed Gein's \"domineering\" mother Augusta; exorcism casualty Anneliese Michel, starving herself to death to quell her demons; author Mary Shelley, dreaming her dead child back to life.    \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThese monsters embody patriarchal fear of women, and illustrate the violence with which men enforce traditionally feminine roles. They also speak to the primal threat of a woman who takes back her power. In a dark and dangerous world, \u003ci\u003eDead Blondes and Bad Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e asks women to look to monsters for the ferocity we all need to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103327174896,"sku":"2940173669278","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940173669278_p0.jpg?v=1763856521","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940173669278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}