Research Catalog
Women, crime and language
- Title
- Women, crime and language / Frances Gray ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
- Author
- Gray, Frances (Frances B.)
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | PR468.W6 G73 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- viii, 216 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book examines a number of high-profile criminal cases, from the Whitechapel murders of the 1880s to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, which have had particular impact on women. It explores plays and government reports; whodunnits and funeral rituals; novels and pictures; criminology and memoirs; stories by survivors and famous trials; feminist polemic and The Mousetrap. It examines how women are written about, as victims, as criminals, and as investigators, and how they write themselves."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Women and literature > Great Britain
- Female offenders in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Women and literature > United States
- Women in literature
- English language > Style
- American literature > History and criticism
- English literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Crime in literature
- Criminals in literature
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction in Four Scenes -- 1. Condemned Woman -- 2. Guilty Victims -- 3. Speaking Victims -- 4. Survivor Stories -- 5. Picture of Infamy -- 6. Nanny State -- 7. Cruel Mother -- 8. Writing the Dead.
- ISBN
- 1403916837
- LCCN
- 2003045604
- OCLC
- ocm51931395
- SCSB-4832215
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries