King Kong theory

King Kong theory

by Despentes, Virginie

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With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentesin her own words, "more King Kong than Kate Moss" delivers a highly charged account of women's lives today. She explodes common attitudes about sex and gender, and shows how modern beauty myths are ripe for rebelling against. Using her own experiences of rape, prostitution, and working in the porn industry as a jumping-off point, she creates a new space for all those who can't or won't obey the rules. Virginie Despentes is the writer …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :King Kong theory / Virginie Despentes ; translated by Stéphanie Benson.

Summary

With humor, rage, and confessional detail, Virginie Despentesin her own words, "more King Kong than Kate Moss" delivers a highly charged account of women's lives today. She explodes common attitudes about sex and gender, and shows how modern beauty myths are ripe for rebelling against. Using her own experiences of rape, prostitution, and working in the porn industry as a jumping-off point, she creates a new space for all those who can't or won't obey the rules. Virginie Despentes is the writer and co-director of Baise-Moi, the controversial rape-revenge novel

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.
  • Edition:1st Feminist Press ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Feminist Press
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781558616875, 155861687X
  • oclc:ocn647907053
  • LC Classification:PQ2664.E7895
  • Dewey Decimal:843.914

Table of Contents

A gun for every girl; your ass or mine?; she's so depraved, you can't rape her; sleeping with the enemy; porno witches; king kong girl; bye, girls; thanx; bibliography.

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