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In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass... read more

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This book represents the long answer to a question that seemed trivial when it first arose, but that haunted me with a curious insistence.

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  1. Maria Tatar (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0691043388
Page Count: 232

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