Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (and Shot Andy Warhol)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1558618481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Lindsay Bosch . We follow Solanas from prostitution at the Chelsea Hotel to incarceration at Bellevue Hospital; from Black Panther meetings to performances at Warhol’s Factory and publishing negotiations at the Village Voice. Fahs’ account paints a vivid picture of the chaotic 1960s milieu, paralleling Solanas’ personal struggles with the seeming collective madness of her counterculture setting. Relying on letters and first-person interviews, Fahs thoroughly traces the fractured narrative of Solanas’ life and her ongoing mental illness, while never dismissing the fiery brilliance of her ideas. The shooting brought notoriety to Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto, a brash, aggressive, and startling touchstone for feminism, which celebrated “gender dystopia” and urged total government overthrow as well as the “complete elimination of the male sex.” Biographer Fahs recounts the way Solanas symbolized the anger and cont
It reveals surprising details about her life: the children nearly no one knew she had, her drive for control over her own writing and copyright, and her elusive personal and professional relationships.Valerie Solanas addresses how this era changed the world and depicts an iconic figure whose life is at once tragic and remarkable.. This book is the first biography about Solanas, including original interviews with family, friends (and enemies), and numerous living Warhol associates. Too drastic, too crazy, too "out there," too early, too late, too damaged, too much—Valerie Solanas has been dismissed but never forgotten. She inhabited Andy Warhol's Factory scene, circulated among feminists and the countercultural underground, charged men money for conversation, despised "daddy's girls," and outlined a vision for radical gender dystopia.Known for shooting Andy Warhol in 1968 and for writing the polemical diatribe SCUM Manifesto, Solanas is one of the most famous women of her era. SCUM Manifesto—which predicted ATMs, test-tube babies, the Internet, and artificial insemination long before they existed—has sold more copies, and has been translated into more languages, than nearly all other feminist texts of its time
Five Stars Joseph Barclay Ross Makes most women I know much more tolerable in comparison! LOL!.. Valerie Solanas I had never heard of Valerie Solanas until the movie I Shot Andy Warhol. I heard of Warhol, but not Solanas. I had so many questions about her after I saw the movie, this book answers many of them. The book is well researched, it wasn't easy to read by any means, but this was such a great book! Some of the people whom I remembered from the book I got to know in better detail I especially liked how Jeremiah Newton gave Valerie support where he could. I really wished that Valerie w. "Valerie Solanas was a troubled woman with serious mental illness… and a typewriter." according to Bill Swank. I had no inclination to review this book until Amazon requested a rating. Normally, this wouldn’t be a book I’d choose for my library.I do remember a crazy actress shot Andy Warhol in 1968, but hadn’t given the incident much thought over the past Valerie Solanas was a troubled woman with serious mental illness… and a typewriter. Bill Swank I had no inclination to review this book until Amazon requested a rating. Normally, this wouldn’t be a book I’d choose for my library.I do remember a crazy actress shot Andy Warhol in 1968, but hadn’t given the incident much thought over the past 47 years. During my career in law enforcement, I interviewed many deranged individuals who killed for irrational reasons. I don’t enjoy reading about murder for entertainment purposes.That said, Breanne Fahs has w. 7 years. During my career in law enforcement, I interviewed many deranged individuals who killed for irrational reasons. I don’t enjoy reading about murder for entertainment purposes.That said, Breanne Fahs has w