Bitch : in praise of difficult women / Elizabeth Wurtzel.
Bitch : in praise of difficult women / Elizabeth Wurtzel.
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N920.72/90
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English
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434 p. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, 1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
She connects Hemingway's tragic suicide to those of Sylvia Plath, Edie Sedgwick, and Marilyn Monroe, women whose beauty was an end, ultimately, in itself. Wurtzel, writing about the wife/mistress dichotomy, explains how some women are anointed as wife material, while others are relegated to the role of mistress. She takes to task the double standar...
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Bitch : in praise of difficult women / Elizabeth Wurtzel.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-427).
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N920.72/90
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74VMbQNlmymb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMbQNlmymb
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ISBN
0385484003
9780385484008
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920.72
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991000890649702626
