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Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society : from dagger-fans to suffragettes
- Title
- Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society : from dagger-fans to suffragettes / Emelyne Godfrey.
- Author
- Godfrey, Emelyne.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 192 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women.
- Series Statement
- Crime files series
- Uniform Title
- Crime files series.
- Alternative Title
- Femininity, crime and self-defense in Victorian literature and society
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-186) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Hot house flowers -- Safety in a 'dangerous novel' -- Introducing the texts -- pt. 1. 'A door open, a door shut.' On the street: 'No males at men to stare'? ; The lady is a tramp -- Danger en route: 'The adventure of the solitary cyclist' ; Panic on the line -- Behind closed doors in Mona Caird's The wing of Azrael (1889): Perils of the 'Marriage Market' ; 'Reading nature's plainest danger-signals' -- Perfect gentleman? -- Murder -- pt. 2. Fighting for emancipation. Elizabeth Robins's The convert: Looking after herself ; War with Mr. Wells ; Kicking the suffrage football ; Hatpins and dog-whips -- The last heroine left? Exercising freedom ; Lightning throws and waltzes with Watts ; Potatoes, policemen and Mrs. Garrud -- pt. 3. The pre-ware female gaze. Elizabeth Robins and the 'white slave trade' panic: Following threads ; Shutting in ; 'Houses of Hell' ; The girl with the lamp -- Read my lips: Richard Marsh's world of crime ; The plate-glass partition ; Cutting hair ; Handbags at dawn ; The missing jewel case ; The Ripper and his Shadow ; Trapped ; Death by chocolate -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 13-1614
- ISBN
- 9780230300316
- 0230300316
- OCLC
- 792880346
- Author
- Godfrey, Emelyne.
- Title
- Femininity, crime and self-defence in Victorian literature and society : from dagger-fans to suffragettes / Emelyne Godfrey.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Series
- Crime files seriesCrime files series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-186) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 13-1614