The crimes of womanhood : defining femininity in a court of law /

Main Author: Carlson, A. Cheree, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
Subjects:
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245 1 4 |a The crimes of womanhood :  |b defining femininity in a court of law /  |c A. Cheree Carlson. 
260 1 4 |a Urbana :  |b University of Illinois Press,  |c c2009. 
300 1 4 |a 189 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index. 
505 1 4 |a 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 v. Rhinelander. 
650 1 4 |a Sex discrimination against women  |x Law and legislation  |z United States  |x History. 
650 1 4 |a Female offenders  |x Legal status, laws, etc.  |z United States  |x History. 
650 1 4 |a Women  |x Social conditions  |z United States  |x History. 
650 1 4 |a Femininity in popular culture  |x History.  |z United States 
650 1 4 |a Femininity  |x Social aspects  |z United States  |x History. 
650 1 4 |a Trials  |x History.  |z United States 
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