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Seal, Lizzie, (1977-)

Women, murder and femininitygender representations of women who kill /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Women, murder and femininityLizzie Seal.
Reminder of title:	gender representations of women who kill /
Author:	Seal, Lizzie,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2010.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 205 p.)
Subject:	Women murderersGreat Britain.
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230294509 (electronic bk.)

Women, murder and femininitygender representations of women who kill /
Seal, Lizzie,1977-

Women, murder and femininitygender representations of women who kill /[electronic resource] :Lizzie Seal. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 205 p.) - Cultural criminology. - Cultural criminology..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Women, Murder and Femininity; Feminist research and women who kill; Stories of women who kill; Gender regulation and women who kill; Murder, meaning and culture; Developing a feminist framework; Part I; Five Gender Representations of Women Who Kill; Part II; 1 Gender, Murder and Mid-Twentieth-Century England and Wales; 2 Gender Representations of Twelve Mid-Twentieth-Century Women Accused of Murder; 3 Conclusion to Part II; Appendix -- Two Further Cases from the Sample; Hilde Adames (DPP2/3098); Alice Louisa Lyons (DPP2/3020); Notes.

This book examines how women who kill have been perceived in terms of their gender, exploring how murder by women is seen as especially transgressive, and examining the impact this has on how women who kill are viewed. The study focuses on murders by women that are considered to be particularly unusual. Lizzie Seal develops a typology of five main representations of such women, including the 'masculine woman' and the 'witch', and uses it in order to analyse specific causes. The book covers well known examples such as Myra Hindley, Rose West, Lizzie Borden and Aileen Wuornos, as well as presenting original research into cases from mid twentieth-century England and Wales, arguing that portrayals of women who kill can shed light on the hopes, fears and anxieties of the wider culture.

ISBN: 9780230294509 (electronic bk.)

Source: 321187Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.com

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015583168UkSubjects--Topical Terms:

638812
Women murderers
--Great Britain.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6535.G4 / S34 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 364.152/30820941

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