When Women Kill: Questions of Agency and Subjectivity by Belinda Morrissey (Engl

Description: When Women Kill by Belinda Morrissey Based on case studies from the US, UK and Australia, this text looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as victims rather than actors in the crimes they commit. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Why are we so reluctant to believe that women can mean to kill? Based on case studies from the US, UK and Australia, this book looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as victims rather than actors in the crimes they commit. Morrissey argues that by denying the possibility of female agency in crimes of torture, rape and murder, feminist theorists are, with the best of intentions, actually denying women the full freedom to be human. Case studies cover among others the battered wife, Pamela Sainsbury who garrotted her husband as he slept, the serial killer, Aileen Wournos who killed seven middle-aged men in Florida between 1989 and 1990, Tracey Wigginton the so-called "lesbian vampire killer", and Karla Homolka who helped her husband kill two teenage girls in St Catherines Ontario in 1993. Back Cover Why are we so reluctant to believe that women can mean to kill? Based on case-studies from the US, UK and Australia, this book looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as victims rather than actors in the crimes they commit. Morrissey argues that by denying the possibility of female agency in crimes of torture, rape and murder, feminist theorists are, with the best of intentions, actually denying women the full freedom to be human. Case studies cover among others the battered wife, Pamela Sainsbury, who garrotted her husband as he slept, the serial killer, Aileen Wournos, who killed seven middle-aged men in Florida between 1989 and 1990, Tracey Wiggington, the so-called "lesbian vampire killer", and Karla Homolka who helped her husband kill two teenage girls in St. Catherines Ontario in 1993. Author Biography Belinda Morrissey Table of Contents 1. Traumatised Discourses: Narrations of Violent Female Subjectivities 2. Versions of the Self: Narrating the Subjectivities of Women Who Kill 3. Inconceivable Survivors: Battered Women Who Kill 4. Cultural Anxiety and Vampiric Voracity: Tracey Wiggintons Hunger 5. Beyond Villainy: The Limit Cases of Karla Homolka and Valmae Beck Conclusion: An Odyssey around Violent Female Subjects Bibliography Details ISBN041526006X Author Belinda Morrissey Short Title WHEN WOMEN KILL Language English ISBN-10 041526006X ISBN-13 9780415260060 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2003 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Questions of Agency and Subjectivity Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations bibliography Edition 1st Residence US Pages 224 Affiliation Cultural Studies Association of Australia, Australia DOI 10.1604/9780415260060 UK Release Date 2003-03-13 AU Release Date 2003-03-13 NZ Release Date 2003-03-13 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Transformations Publication Date 2003-03-13 Alternative 9780415260053 DEWEY 364.374 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134414875;

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