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The Sadeian Woman
The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History | Angela Carter
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Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all tenderness is false, all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.
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A great excuse to post another Angela Carter book.
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❤️ 7y
Tamra I only have 👀 for Stoner. 💙 7y
batsy 👍🏽 Still on my shelves, unread 😬 7y
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lalatiburona Isn't that cover just Divine?? 7y
Moray_Reads Am I right that your shelves are arranged alphabetically? 7y
PagesOfKate Yep. They're separated out into fiction, non-fiction, plays, poetry, and graphic novels...and stupidly oversized books that won't fit anywhere else! That book doesn't live there but....better lighting! @Moray_Reads 7y
Moray_Reads Mine are organised just by size in an attempt to maximise my minimal space 😬 7y
PagesOfKate I did start off with that system but then the bookshelves started breeding. @Moray_Reads 7y
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My bookshelves are in my bedroom. So is the baby's crib. So I'm always madly grabbing books on my way out the door after putting him down for a nap. Totally worth it for today's challenge. #womenwhowrite #womenwriters #somethingforsept

Britafish Awesome photo!! 8y
DebinHawaii Great pic! 👍📚😀 8y
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