Women in True Crime Media : The Spectacle of Female Victims and Perpetrators.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erdman, Jen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders in mass media.

Victims of crimes in mass media.

Women--Crimes against--United States.

Women.

Female offenders--United States.

Female offenders.

True crime stories--United States--History and criticism.

True crime stories.

True crime television programs--United States--History and criticism.

True crime television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"While many people think true crime is a new phenomenon, Americans have been obsessed with the genre for over a century, and popular culture continuously tries to cash in. The names of infamous serial killers are well-known, but the identities of their often-female victims are frequently lost to history. This text flips the script and focuses on the women to keep their identities known and remembered. This is the first book to examine how popular culture has mistreated women as both perpetrators and victims of crime, covering a hundred-year span from 1920 to 2020. Detailed is popular culture's interest in true crime and how women in true crime documentation have largely been sexualized and victim-blamed over the decades"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Sabella Nitti

Chapter 2: Bonnie Parker

Chapter 3: Elizabeth Short

Chapter 4: Marilyn Sheppard

Chapter 5: Sharon Tate

Chapter 6: Patricia Hearst

Chapter 7: Elizabeth "Liz" Kendall

Chapter 8: Kirsten Costas

Chapter 9: Nicole Brown

Chapter 10: Kathleen Peterson and Teresa Halbach

Chapter 11: Social Media Crimes

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Erdman, Jen Women in True Crime Media

ISBN:

9781476646183