by Breanne Fahs
Vasconcellos, Bud Maxwell. By Breanne Fahs. Phone, October 12, 2012.
Zwiren, Louis. By Breanne Fahs. Phone, October 23, 2012.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Breanne Fahs is an associate professor of women and gender studies at Arizona State University, a practicing clinical psychologist, and the author Performing Sex and The Moral Panics of Sexuality.
The Feminist Press promotes voices on the margins of dominant culture and publishes feminist works from around the world, inspiring personal transformation and social justice. We believe that books have the power to shift culture, and create a society free of violence, sexism, homophobia, racism, cis-supremacy, classism, sizeism, ableism and other forms of dehumanization. Our books and programs engage, educate, and entertain.
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Pussy Riot! is an essential document of this galvanizing historical moment. It includes letters from prison, courtroom statements, defense attorney closing arguments, poems, the infamous punk prayer, and tributes by Yoko Ono, Johanna Fateman, Karen Finley, Justin Vivian Bond, Eileen Myles, and JD Samson.
SPECIAL TO THE PRINT EDITION: New courtroom statements from October 10 appeal, and tributes by Bianca Jagger, Peaches & Simonne Jones, Tobi Vail, Barbara Browning, Vivien Goldman.
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eISBN: 9781558616523 | ISBN: 9781558616073
This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of society—women driven to kill. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris to Aileen Wuornos, this riveting investigation will change the ways you think about crime and punishment. A new introduction by the author illuminates the conditions for women who kill—and are killed—now.
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eISBN: 9781558618381 | ISBN: 9781558618374
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eISBN: 9781558618190 | ISBN: 9781558618183
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ISBN: 9781558618220 | Ebook available June 2014
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
Preface
SOUNDING OFF
SHOOTING
PROVOCATION
MADNESS
FORGETTING
Photo Insert
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Bibliography
About the Author
About the Feminist Press
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