Poison Woman

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In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining women’s sexuality and place in Japan. She begins by considering Meiji gesaku literature, in which female criminality was often medically defined and marginalized as Cited by: Poison Woman is an intriguing and rigorous study that will be of great interest to anyone studying in the area of Japanese literature or popular culture.

At the same time, due to its user-friendly structure and readability, this is a good book for anyone who wants to learn something new about a topic they may never have encountered before.

In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining women’s sexuality and place in Japan. She begins by considering Meiji gesaku literature, in which female criminality was often medically defined and marginalized as abnormal.

In Poison Woman, Christine L. Marran investigates this powerful icon, its shifting meanings, and its influence on defining women’s sexuality and place in Japan.

She begins by considering Meiji gesaku literature, in which female criminality was often medically defined and marginalized as by:   "Poison Candy" provides an in-depth look at the Dippolito murder-for-hire case where Dalia conspired to have her husband Mike murdered. The story is something out of a Hollywood movie: boiler room scams, felons, prostitution, drugs, a Poison Woman book than year-long marriage, and an extravagant lifestyle that contributed to both Dalia and Mike's downfalls.4/5(70).

The Visha Kanya (Sanskrit विष कन्या; English: Poison girl) were young women reportedly used as assassins, often against powerful enemies, during the times of the Ancient India. Their blood and bodily fluids were purportedly poisonous to other humans, as was mentioned in the ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, Arthashastra, written by Chanakya, an adviser and a prime minister.

The Poison Garden, a suspense/thriller book, was a solid 4 stars. The book centers around main character Elise-a financially independent woman who is happily married to a doctor.

Elise’s life begins to unravel as she returns home only to find her husband in bed with a much younger woman/5(). In early-nineteenth-century England, a good way to get rid of your husband was arsenic. A medical examiner usually couldn’t tell whether the poison was involved, because the symptoms—diarrhea.

A Beautiful Poison is a wonderfully written book that examines all the situations we get ourselves into. There is an element of choice, but also almost a destiny-esque feel to it.

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Tia Hines is the author of Drama, That Girl Is Poison, and Poison: A Desire to Burn. In addition to her authorship, she is a full-time training specialist, a youth mentor, and a hip-hop dance teacher. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.5/5(4). 19 hours ago  Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins says that Wonder Woman 3 will be her last in the franchise.

DC Comics fans are still awaiting the release of Wonder Woman. In a book called Poisoned Lives: English Poisoners and Their Victims. author Katherine Watson studied cases of murder by poisoning in England from to and found that when women killed, they were “far more likely than men to choose poison as their weapon.”.

This article examines the history of women poisoning their husbands reaching back to the s as well as 15. Poison () is a young adult English-language fantasy novel written by Chris Wooding, published in It is a highly metafictional novel which follows the adventures of a young (sixteen-year-old) female protagonist named Poison as she attempts to rescue her sister from the Phaerie Realm.

It contains many intertextual references particularly to mythology, fairy tales and secondary world. In book nine, Hercules finds Nessus the centaur trying to rape his wife, Deianira, and shoots him with an arrow dipped in the poisonous blood of the Hydra.

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The ways in which tribes, nations, and civilizations plotted with poison against foes are beyond numerous, and include an ancient Hindu treatise advising poisoning the food of enemies, 2nd century BC writings in China advocating the use of a “soul-hunting fog” through the burning of toxic vegetables, and tactics in ancient Greece encouraging the poisoning of vital aqueducts with the.

The Poison Squad: Trailer. Based on the book by Deborah Blum, 'The Poison Squad' tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from. “[The Poison Thread is] a compelling slice of early Victorian gothic Vivid and well researched, this book is an evocative portrait of a society that punishes women who dare to contravene social norms a splendid mystery with suitably melodramatic flourishes.”—The Guardian.