Behind the MaskThis boldly original book explores the origins, meanings, and forms of women's aggression. Drawing from in-depth interviews with sixty women of different ages and ethnic and class backgrounds--police officers, attorneys, substance abusers, homemakers, artists--Dana Jack provides a rich account of how women explain (or explain away) their own hidden or actual acts of hurt to others. With sensitivity but without sentimentality, Jack gives readers a range of compelling stories of how women channel, either positively or destructively, their own powerful force and of how they resist and retaliate in the face of others' aggression in a society that expects women to be yielding, empathetic, and supportive. |
Contents
HEARKENING TO WOMENS VOICES | 1 |
THE PUZZLE OF AGGRESSION | 11 |
WAYS OF OCCUPYING SPACE | 52 |
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Behind the Mask: Destruction and Creativity in Women’s Aggression Dana Crowley Jack Limited preview - 2009 |