Engendered death : Pennsylvania women who kill /

Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is a historical and interdisciplinary study of women who kill in Pennsylvania from the 18th century to the present. It is not an examination of what motivates women to kill, although the reader may deduce that from the case studies included. Instead, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laythe, Joseph W., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Women murderers > Pennsylvania > History.
Murder > Pennsylvania > History.
Meurtrières > Pennsylvanie > Histoire.
Meurtre > Pennsylvanie > Histoire.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Murder.
Women murderers.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Wicked Stepmother? The Edna Mumbulo Case of 1930
  • Chapter 3. Gender Roles in American Society
  • Chapter 4. Marital Terror: Homicide, Women, and the Men They Loved
  • Chapter 5. The Darker Side of Motherhood: Infanticide
  • Chapter 6. The Demoted Deputy Husband: Women Who Kill and the Men They Love
  • Chapter 7. Witchcraft and Women Who Kill
  • Chapter 8. Services Not Rendered: Women Who Kill and the Agencies That Failed Them
  • Chapter 9. Race, Homicide, and Women Who Kill
  • Chapter 10. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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