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Dangerous familiars : representations of domestic crime in England, 1550-1700 /

Even now in the mass media, women are often portrayed as murderers in their own homes, although in reality women are much more likely to be the victims of domestic violence than the perpetrators. Looking back at images of violence in the popular culture of early modern England, we find similar mispe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dolan, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1994.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Dangerous Familiars; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. ""Home-rebels and House-traitors"": Petty Treason and the Murderous Wife; II. The Subordinate('s) Plot: Petty Treason and the Forms of Domestic Rebellion; III. Revolutions, Petty Tyranny, and the Murderous Husband; IV. Finding What Has Been ""Lost"": Representations of lnfanticide and The Winter's Tale; V. Witchcraft and the Threat of the Familiar; Epilogue; Index.