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When Women Kill Belinda Morrissey

When Women Kill By Belinda Morrissey

When Women Kill by Belinda Morrissey


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Summary

Based on case studies from the US, UK and Australia, this book looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as victims rather than actors in the crimes they commit.

When Women Kill Summary

When Women Kill: Questions of Agency and Subjectivity by Belinda Morrissey

An exciting and contemporary subject that bridges gender and criminology

Strong international set of case studies which will appeal to students

Criminology is a growing area and an innovative piece of cultural criminology like this is bound to garner attention in the field

About Belinda Morrissey

Belinda Morrissey

Table of Contents

1. Traumatised Discourses: Narrations of Violent Female Subjectivities 2. Versions of the Self: Narrating the Subjectivities of Women Who Kill 3. Inconceivable Survivors: Battered Women Who Kill 4. Cultural Anxiety and Vampiric Voracity: Tracey Wigginton's 'Hunger' 5. Beyond Villainy: The 'Limit' Cases of Karla Homolka and Valmae Beck Conclusion: An Odyssey around Violent Female Subjects Bibliography

Additional information

GOR007249739
9780415260060
041526006X
When Women Kill: Questions of Agency and Subjectivity by Belinda Morrissey
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-03-13
224
N/A
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