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Engendered Death
Joseph W. Laythe
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Description for Engendered Death
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; BTC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is an 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 is an examination of how society perceives women who kill and how the gender-lens is applied to them throughout the legal process in the media and in the courtroom. What makes this work particularly unique is its combination of both scholarly analysis and narrative case studies. As such, it will appeal ... Read more
Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is an 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 is an examination of how society perceives women who kill and how the gender-lens is applied to them throughout the legal process in the media and in the courtroom. What makes this work particularly unique is its combination of both scholarly analysis and narrative case studies. As such, it will appeal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lehigh University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611460926
SKU
V9781611460926
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Ref
99-15
About Joseph W. Laythe
Joseph W. Laythe currently teaches courses on the American West, American violence, and American urban development at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. His other works include Crime and Punishment in Oregon, 1875-1915: A Study of Four Communities (2008).
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