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Sapphic slashers : sex, violence, and American modernity / Lisa Duggan.
e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online
e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duggan, Lisa, 1954-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mitchell, Alice, active 19th century.
- Ward, Freda, -1892.
- Murder--Tennessee--Memphis--History--19th century.
- Lesbian couples--Tennessee--Memphis--History--19th century.
- Murder in mass media--History--19th century.
- Trials (Murder)--Tennessee--Memphis--History--19th century.
- Lesbians in literature--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Retells and analyzes lesbian love murder stories from the 1890s to the 1930s to show how narratives of sex and violence were used to privatize populations and cultures, substituting a rhetoric of moral pedagogy for democratic debate.
- Contents:
- Part I. Murder in Memphis. 1 Girl Slays Girl. 2 A Feast of Sensation. 3 Habeas Corpus. 4 Inquisition of Lunacy
- Part II. MakingMeanings. 5 Violent Passions. 6 Doctors of Desire. 7 A Thousand Stories. More Than Love: An Epilogue
- Appendix A: Hypothetical Case
- Appendix B: Letters.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-06205-4
- 9786613062055
- 0-8223-8101-X
- OCLC:
- 245538179
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