Sapphic slashers: sex, violence, and american modernity
Auteur :
Duggan, Lisa
Éditeur :
Duke University Press
ISBN :
9780822326175
Date de publication :
10 janv. 2001
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
726 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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 clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial.