Review of: Lynne Fallwell, Keira V. Williams (Hg.): Gender and the Representation of Evil. New York u.a.: Routledge 2017.
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https://doi.org/10.14766/1233Keywords:
Ethik, Kultur, Literatur, Macht, Medien, Repräsentation, Geschlecht, GenderAbstract
This anthology deals with 'the evil woman' as a transgressor of norms from an interdisciplinary perspective. Media representation of 'the evil woman' is seen as a central element in processes of social negotiation. While the categories of 'evil' and 'gender' are considered constructs and are analysed here in their specifically 'female' codification, the contributions focus on the 19th and 20th century, so that the volume fails to offer a broader diachronic perspective that includes earlier eras. Including these could have put into perspective the rather static image of women which the contributions as a whole suggest. The volume powerfully demonstrates that representations of 'evil' are codified in a gender-specific way.
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