Women, murder and femininity: gender representations of women who kill

Women who kill rupture our assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. A wide range of cases are discussed in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived, and how such cases reflect important social and cultural shifts. INDICE: - Introduction: Women, Murder and Femininity - PART 1: FIVE GENDERREPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN WHO KILL - PART 2: GENDER, MURDER AND MID TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLAND AND WALES - Gender Representations of Twelve Mid Twentieth-Century Women Accused of Murder - Conclusion to Part 2 - Appendix - Two Further Cases from the Sample - Endnotes - Bibliography -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22275-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 216
• Fecha Publicación: 20/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés