{"product_id":"single-and-psycho-how-pop-culture-created-the-unstable-single-woman-hardcover","title":"Single and Psycho: How Pop Culture Created the Unstable Single Woman - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCaroline Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the single ladies of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift songs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's irreverent television series \u003ci\u003eFleabag\u003c\/i\u003e (2016-2019) to as far back as Miss Havisham in \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e, the stereotype of the damaged single woman has long pervaded music, books, television, and Hollywood movies. Spinster tropes, witch burnings, and nineteenth-century diagnoses of hysteria have reflected and continue to inform the stories told about society's singletons, most notoriously in the original bunny boiler, \u003ci\u003eFatal Attraction\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and popularized in \u003ci\u003eSingle White Female \u003c\/i\u003e(1992) and \u003ci\u003ePromising Young Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSingle \u0026amp; Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e, author Caroline Young explores how broader social trends such as the antifeminist backlash of the 1980s, contemporary debates about tradwives and childless cat ladies, and the absence of single women of color on-screen shape the way women are (mis)perceived and (mis)treated. Young weaves the history of a stereotype with her own fight against stigma as a single woman as well as her struggles with infertility, infusing incisive analysis with personal experience in this approachable, savvy exposé of one of mainstream media's most enduring clichés.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSingle \u0026amp; Psycho: How Pop Culture Created the Unstable Single Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is a dynamic addition to the ongoing dialogue surrounding the #MeToo movement and societal expectations of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCaroline Young \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe It Girls: Glamor, Celebrity, and Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHitchcock's Heroines\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrazy Old Ladies: The Story of Hag Horror\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for both the Rondo Hatton Award and Richard Wall Memorial Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.24 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53579484791091,"sku":"9781985902510","price":32.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/single-and-psycho-how-pop-culture-created-the-unstable-single-woman-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}