An exploration of high-profile women, contemporary and historical, real and fictional, who commit violence against men, this book was originally inspired by the Bobbitt case and reactions to it. In essays on Lindy Chamberlain (the "dingo baby" case), Myra Hindley, Winnie Mandela, Lorena Bobbitt, Rosemary West, Ruth Ellis and "the Brookside Two", among others, the contributors tease out the blurred boundaries between myth and reality which always surround violent women and attempt to demolish the old either/or explanations of powerless victim or evil demon.

Book Information
ISBN 9780044409571
Author Alice Myers
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Collins Educational
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 244g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 14mm