Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (644 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822326175 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Library Journal Duggan (Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture) presents an extensive study of the 1892 murder in Memphis, TN, of Freda Ward by her former lover Alice Mitchell. After analyzing the trial, Duggan discusses its broader implications. Recommended for academic libraries.DDebra Moore, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. A compelling read, this book presents a tremendous amount of primary-source material that will make it interesting to students of journalism, as well as those in gay and lesbian studies. . She explores how the story of Mitchell and Ward, stories of other lesbian couples, and the growing field of sexology created a cultural narrative that marginalized women w
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. The other presents transcriptions of letters exchanged between the two women prior to the crime.Combining cultural history, feminist and queer theory, narrative analysis, and compelling storytelling, Sapphic Slashers provides the first history of the emergence of the lesbian in twentieth-century mass culture.. While careful to point out the differences between the public reigns of terror that led to many lynchings and the rarer instances of the murder of one woman by another privately motivated woman, Duggan asserts that dominant versions of both sets of stories contributed to the marginalization of African Americans and women while solidifying a distinctly white, male, heterosexual form of American citizenship. Wells) Duggan reveals how stories of sex and violence were crucial to the development of American modernity. Having explored the role of turn-of-the-century pri
"teenage lesbian love and murder in Memphis" according to I ain't no porn writer. Many people know about the case of Lizzie Borden, the woman accused of killing her parents in the summer of 1892. But almost no one today knows of the similarly sensationalistic story of Alice Mitchell, who was accused of stabbing to death her teenage lesbian lover, Freda Ward earlier that year. I was less interested in the author's dense academic feminist psychological observations and interprettations and much more interested in the objective facts she gave of this most unusual love and murder story between two Memphis girls. The girls were once neighbors, but. "Two Great Subjects Wasted" according to John B. Coffin. Duggan seeks to combine the Memphis lynchings which launched the national career of Ida B. Wells and the sensational "sapphic slasher" murder of Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell. Both events occurred in Memphis in 1892, both should offer tremendous possibilities for exploring race and gender in fin de siecle America.Unfortunately, Duggan cannot report or comment with any clarity or purpose. The book is a dense, indigestible mass of "post-modern" verbiage, laden with accounts of 'appropriated narratives,' 'priviliging,' 'othering,' etc. Especially quaint is the use o. "don't waste your money. NO STAR" according to Toni Colby. another intellectual making up statistics because she's never really had to work for a living. A user of statistics that are repeated over and over and over. Way too analytical. BORING!