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Heartthrobs - A History of Women and Desire (Paperback)
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Heartthrobs - A History of Women and Desire (Paperback)
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Loot Price R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
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From dreams of Prince Charming or dashing military heroes, to the
lure of dark strangers and vampire lovers; from rock stars and
rebels to soulmates, dependable family types, or simply good
companions, female fantasies about men tell us a great deal about
the history of women. In Heartthrobs, Carol Dyhouse draws upon
literature, cinema, and popular romance to show how the changing
cultural and economic position of women has shaped their dreams
about men. When girls were supposed to be shrinking violets,
passionate females risked being seen as 'unbridled', or dangerously
out of control. Change came slowly, and young women remained
trapped in a double-bind: you may have needed a husband in order to
survive, but you had to avoid looking like a gold-digger. Show
attraction too openly and you might be judged 'fast' and
undesirable. Education and wage-earning brought independence and a
widening of horizons for women. These new economic beings showed a
sustained appetite for novel-reading, cinema-going, and the
dancehall. They sighed over Rudolph Valentino's screen performances
as tango-dancer or Arab tribesman and desert lover. Women may have
been ridiculed for these obsessions, but, as consumers, they had
new clout. This book reveals changing patterns of desire, and looks
at men through the eyes of women.
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