Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity - Paperback
by Lisa Duggan
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822326175ISBN-10:822326175UPC:9780822326175Book Category:True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Murder, LGBTQ+ StudiesBook Topic:Lesbian StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCNKPXFXQB
Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity
On a winter day in 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamored to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Lisa Duggan locates in this...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822326175ISBN-10:822326175UPC:9780822326175Book Category:True Crime, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Murder, LGBTQ+ StudiesBook Topic:Lesbian StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCNKPXFXQB
Lisa Duggan is Associate Professor of American Studies and History at New York University. She is coauthor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture and coeditor of Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and National Interest.
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