Seductress : women who ravished the world and their lost art of love /

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Author / Creator:Prioleau, Betsy, 1942-
Imprint:New York : Viking, 2003.
Description:xvi, 366 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5041209
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ISBN:0670031666 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-354) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1.. Seductress: The Women and the Art
  • 2.. The Seductress Archetype
  • 3.. Belles Laides: Homely Sirens
  • 4.. Silver Foxes
  • 5.. Scholar-Sirens
  • 6.. Sorcieres: Siren-Artists
  • 7.. Machtweiber: Seductresses in Politics
  • 8.. Siren-Adventurers
  • 9.. Goddess-Trippin': Into the Future
  • Notes
  • Suggested Reading
  • Index