Engendered death [[electronic resource] ] : Pennsylvania women who kill / / Joseph W. Laythe

• Autore: Laythe Joseph W. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Bethlehem [Pa.], : Lehigh University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.152/30925209748
• Soggetto topico: Women murderers - Pennsylvania - History; Murder - Pennsylvania - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Wicked Stepmother? The Edna Mumbulo Case of 1930; Chapter 3. Gender Roles in American Society; Chapter 4. Marital Terror: Homicide, Women, and the Men They Loved; Chapter 5. The Darker Side of Motherhood: Infanticide; Chapter 6. The Demoted Deputy Husband: Women Who Kill and the Men They Love; Chapter 7. Witchcraft and Women Who Kill; Chapter 8. Services Not Rendered: Women Who Kill and the Agencies That Failed Them; Chapter 9. Race, Homicide, and Women Who Kill; Chapter 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is a historical and interdisciplinary study of women who kill in Pennsylvania from the 18th century to the present. It is not an examination of what motivates women to kill, although the reader may deduce that from the case studies included. Instead, it is an examination of how society perceives women who kill and how the gender-lens is applied to them throughout the legal process in the media and in the courtroom. What makes this work particularly unique is its combination of both scholar
• Titolo autorizzato: Engendered death
• ISBN: 1-283-35379-2; 9786613353795; 1-61146-093-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781433103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II