Too drastic, too crazy, too "out there," too early, too late,
too damaged, too much--Valerie Solanas has been dismissed but never
forgotten. She has become, unwittingly, a figurehead for women's
unexpressed rage, and stands at the center of many worlds. She
inhabited Andy Warhol's Factory scene, circulated among feminists
and the countercultural underground, charged men money for
conversation, despised "daddy's girls," and outlined a vision for
radical gender dystopia.
Known for shooting Andy Warhol in 1968 and for writing the
polemical diatribe "SCUM Manifesto," Solanas is one of the most
famous women of her era." SCUM Manifesto"--which predicted ATMs,
test-tube babies, the Internet, and artificial insemination long
before they existed--has sold more copies, and has been translated
into more languages, than nearly all other feminist texts of its
time.
Shockingly little work has interrogated Solanas's life. This
book is the first biography about Solanas, including original
interviews with family, friends (and enemies), and numerous living
Warhol associates. It reveals surprising details about her life:
the children nearly no one knew she had, her drive for control over
her own writing and copyright, and her elusive personal and
professional relationships.
"Valerie Solanas" addresses how this era changed the world and
depicts an iconic figure whose life is at once tragic and
remarkable.
Breanne Fahs is an associate professor of women and gender
studies at Arizona State University, a practicing clinical
psychologist, and the author of "Performing Sex" and "The Moral
Panics of Sexuality."
General
Imprint: |
Feminist Press at The City University of New York
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2014 |
First published: |
April 2014 |
Authors: |
Breanne Fahs
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Dimensions: |
203 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
382 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55861-848-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
1-55861-848-1 |
Barcode: |
9781558618480 |
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