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

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Title:

Author:

Seal, Lizzie, 1977-

ISBN:

9780230222755

Personal Author:

Seal, Lizzie, 1977-

Publication Information:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Physical Description:

ix, 205 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Cultural criminology

Cultural criminology.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Women, Murder and Femininity -- Gender, Homicide and the Mid Twentieth-Century -- The Masculine Woman -- The Muse or Mastermind Dichotomy -- The Damaged Personality -- The Respectable Woman -- The Witch -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.

Abstract:

"Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women have been perceived"--

Subject Term:

Women murderers -- Great Britain.

Femininity -- Great Britain.

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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.