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Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press - Couverture rigide

Bakken, Gordon Morris; Farrington, Brenda

 
9780803213616: Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0803213611 ISBN 13 : 9780803213616
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2009

Synopsis

The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent in the courtroom. Women Who Kill Men examines eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder from 1870 to 1958. The fascinating details of these murder trials, documented in court records and embellished newspaper coverage, mirrored the changing public image of women. Although murder was clearly outside the norm for standard female behavior, most women and their attorneys relied on gendered stereotypes and language to create their defense and sometimes to leverage their status in a patriarchal system. Those who could successfully dress and act the part of the victim were most often able to win the sympathies of the jury. Gender mattered. And though the norms shifted over time, the press, attorneys, and juries were all informed by contemporary gender stereotypes.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gordon Morris Bakken is a professor of history at California State University, Fullerton. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Practicing Law in Frontier California (Nebraska 2006) and Mining Law of 1872: Past, Politics, and Prospects. Brenda Farrington is a lecturer in the history department at Chapman University. She has coauthored or coedited several books with Gordon Morris Bakken, including Law in the West and Encyclopedia of Women in the American West.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803213611
ISBN 13 
9780803213616
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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