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The Papin sisters / Rachel Edwards and Keith Reader.
Van Pelt Library HV6535.F7 L453 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Rachel, 1962-
- Series:
- Oxford studies in modern European culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Papin, Christine, 1905-1937.
- Papin, Christine.
- Papin, Léa, 1911-.
- Papin, Léa.
- Murder--France--Le Mans--History--20th century.
- Murder.
- Women murderers--France--Le Mans--History--20th century.
- Women murderers.
- Murder in literature.
- History.
- France--Le Mans.
- Physical Description:
- 134 pages : portraits ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- France's "murder of the century" remains also the most violent non-war crime by women against women on record. The Papin sisters' killing and mutilation of their mistresses in 1933 has provoked reproduction and speculation ever since, by such prominent cultural figures as Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Lacan, and Claude Chabrol. This book offers an overview of these reproductions and draws some provocative conclusions from them.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, a chronology, and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198160100
- 0198160119
- OCLC:
- 47150098
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