Women and the Abuse of Power - 9781800433359

Women and the Abuse of PowerInterdisciplinary Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Helen Gavin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom\nImprint: Emerald Publishing Limited\nISBN-13: 9781800433359, 978-1800433359\nSynopsis\nDo witches and witchcraft represent our understanding of how women who threaten the patriarchy are demonised?\n\nIf to be born female is to be born deviant, how deviant is a body transformed to be female?\n\nThere are few explorations of whether power exercised by women is as robust as that exercised by men, and therefore whether it is more open to abusive use. This fascinating anthology examines these questions through the lens of literary critique, history, criminology, and psychology to explore another representation of women - in relation to how they abuse power, or how they react when they are the victims of that abuse.\n\nWith themes ranging from the personal consideration of female bodies, to the supernatural hidden realm, to the public .