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Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness

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“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist classic, a haunting critique of the isolation treatment for female hysteria wrapped up in a superb psychological horror story. Over a century later women are still battling gender bias in the treatment of mental illness. Here are 15 stories of very different women who have in common the fact that they are fighting for control of their worlds and of their minds. Traci Orsi's "Waiting for Jordan" finds Julia hallucinating at home when her husband is shipped off to Iraq. Leah Chaffin's "Last Caress" delves into the sad and savage story of a rare female serial killer while in "An Obedient Girl" Amy Bridges relates her experience as an average girl who has a singular experience with a lobotomized woman. Age, religion, motherhood, sex and work life are all explored in these gripping stories of women who remain Behind the Yellow Wallpaper, battling valiantly and sometimes viciously to break free by any means necessary. Each story is paired with original photographic art by Loreal Prystaj. Prystaj’s dark, gripping art evoke the same despair, fear, anger, hopelessness, heartache, and fight for survival that make up these extraordinary New Tales of Madness.

Edited by Rose Yndigoyen
Art by Loreal Prystaj

Writing by Farah Ahamed, Henri Bensussen, Amy Bridges, Leah Chaffins, R. Crawford, Judith Day, Gabriela Denise Frank, Laura Hartenberger, Sheila Lamb, Tracie Orsi, Vivian Papp, Colleen Quinn, Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes, P.J. Schaefer, Nikki Vogel

Language: English

Pages: 138

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: June 01, 2014

Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness

0/5 ( ratings)

“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a feminist classic, a haunting critique of the isolation treatment for female hysteria wrapped up in a superb psychological horror story. Over a century later women are still battling gender bias in the treatment of mental illness. Here are 15 stories of very different women who have in common the fact that they are fighting for control of their worlds and of their minds. Traci Orsi's "Waiting for Jordan" finds Julia hallucinating at home when her husband is shipped off to Iraq. Leah Chaffin's "Last Caress" delves into the sad and savage story of a rare female serial killer while in "An Obedient Girl" Amy Bridges relates her experience as an average girl who has a singular experience with a lobotomized woman. Age, religion, motherhood, sex and work life are all explored in these gripping stories of women who remain Behind the Yellow Wallpaper, battling valiantly and sometimes viciously to break free by any means necessary. Each story is paired with original photographic art by Loreal Prystaj. Prystaj’s dark, gripping art evoke the same despair, fear, anger, hopelessness, heartache, and fight for survival that make up these extraordinary New Tales of Madness.

Edited by Rose Yndigoyen
Art by Loreal Prystaj

Writing by Farah Ahamed, Henri Bensussen, Amy Bridges, Leah Chaffins, R. Crawford, Judith Day, Gabriela Denise Frank, Laura Hartenberger, Sheila Lamb, Tracie Orsi, Vivian Papp, Colleen Quinn, Heidi Andrea Restrepo Rhodes, P.J. Schaefer, Nikki Vogel

Language: English

Pages: 138

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: June 01, 2014

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