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Twisting in the Wind
The Murderess and the English Press
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Judith Knelman
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English
Published/Copyright:
1998
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Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of different kinds of murder and explores how press representations of the murderess contributed to the Victorian construction of femininity.
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Knelman Judith :
Judith Knelman is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Western Ontario.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
xi - Part One: Patterns and Perceptions
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1. The Case of the Vanishing Murderess
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2. The Popular Press
20 - Part Two: Murder
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3. Multiple Murder
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4. Murder of Husbands, Lovers, or Rivals in Love
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5. Child Murder
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6. Baby-Farming and Infanticide
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7. Murder of and by Servants
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8. Murder of the Elderly
207 - Part Three: Meaning
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9. The Image of the Murderess
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10. The Feminine Perspective
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11. The Body of the Murderess
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12. The Murder of the Murderess
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Conclusion
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Appendix
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Notes
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Select Bibliography
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Index
313
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March 2, 1998
eBook ISBN:
9781442682818
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368
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9781442682818
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
