The Crimes of Womanhood : Defining Femininity in a Court of Law /

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Cultural views of femininity exerted a powerful influence on the courtroom arguments used to defend or condemn notable women on trial in nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century America. A. Cheree Carlson analyzes the colorful rhetorical strategies employed by lawyers and reporters in the tria...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Carlson, A. Cheree, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women > Social conditions.
Trials.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation.
Femininity in popular culture.
Female offenders > Legal status, laws, etc.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Proces > États-Unis > Histoire.
Feminite > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Feminite dans la culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Trials > United States > History.
Femininity > Social aspects > United States > History.
Femininity in popular culture > United States > History.
Women > United States > Social conditions.
Female offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Sex discrimination against women > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Narrative intersections in popular trials
  • Framing madness in the sanity trial of Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
  • The mad doctors meet McNaughton : the battle for narrative supremacy in the trial of Mary Harris
  • "True womanhood" and perfect madness : the sanity trial of Mary Todd Lincoln
  • Womanhood as asset and liability : Lizzie Andrew Borden
  • Bodies at the crossroads : the rise and fall of Madame Restell
  • "You know it when you see it" : the rhetorical embodiment of race and gender in Rhinelander volume Rhinelander.

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