Women, murder and femininity : gender representations of women who kill /
"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"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Series: | Cultural criminology.
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 205 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230222755 (hardback) 0230222757 (hardback) |