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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the Authors -- 1. A Mistold Story? The Flawed History of 'Deviant' Women in Nineteenth-Century British Society-Introduction -- Setting the Scene -- The Structure of the Book -- 2. Imagining Bad Women and Fallen Angels: The Criminal and Violent Woman Portrayed in Popular Ballads before 1900 -- Introduction -- Ballads and Criminality -- The Study of Ballads: Methodology Employed -- Ballads and Their Narrative Content |
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Why did She Do That? Ballads and Motiveless Female Violence: Their Significance and Implications -- Conclusion -- 3. From the Handmaidens of Prometheus to the Heirs of Hypatia: Women, Blasphemous Sedition, and Fashioning Ideological Agency -- Introduction -- Women and Radicalism in the Nineteenth Century -- Jane Carlile -- Mary-Ann Carlile -- Susannah Wright -- Matilda Roalfe -- Conclusion -- 4. 'Angels of the House' or 'Angel-Makers'? Problematizing Murderous Mothers in the Nineteenth Century -- Introduction -- The Rise of the 'Anti-Mother' in Nineteenth-Century Britain |
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The 'Anti-Mother' Personified? The Crime of Barbara Malcom (1808) -- The 'Anti-Mother' Personified? The Crimes of Catherine Anderson (1883 and 1890) -- Infanticidal Mothers: Maternal or Infernal? -- Conclusion -- 5. 'The Life and Loves of a She Devil': The 'Potton Poisoner' and the Premeditation of a Serially Deviant Woman -- Introduction -- The Victorian Murderess: Mad, Bad, or Dangerous to Know? -- Sarah Dazley: The Potton Poisoner -- Women and the Potential for Premeditated Murder -- Conclusion -- 6. Desperate, Desirous, or Devious? Female Thieves in Early Nineteenth-Century Wales |
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Introduction -- The Concept of Acquisitiveness -- Welsh Theft 1800-1830: Evidence and Analysis -- Motives for Theft -- Reactions to Theft -- Conclusion -- 7. 'Tigerish in their Ferocity' and 'Traitors to their Sex'? Violent Female Robbers in Nineteenth-Century Scotland -- Introduction -- The Accepted Traits of Femininity -- The Accepted Traits of Robbery -- Fiery Femme Fatales: The Robbery and Murder of Alexander Boyd (1853) -- Reactions to Violent Women -- Conclusion -- 8. 'When a Man Cries, it is called Crying |
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When a Woman Cries it is called Hysterics': Lady Harriett Mordaunt-Mad or Bad? Gendering the Behaviour of a 'Wayward' Aristocratic Wife -- Introduction -- Creating the 'Mad' and the 'Bad' -- Harriett Mordaunt-Negotiating the World of Men -- Harriett Mordaunt: An Archaeology of Reputation -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Beyond Deviant Damsels offers a new interpretation of women's criminality in the nineteenth century, countering assumptions that women commit crime in highly gendered ways and questioning the value of using stereotypes to analyse criminality, an approach that marginalises the importance of circumstances and individual choice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (Oxford Academic, viewed January 29, 2024) |
| Subject |
Female offenders -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Female offenders
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Social services & welfare, criminology.
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True Crime.
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nash, David (David S.), author.
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| ISBN |
9780192566461 |
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0192566466 |
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9780191868801 |
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0191868809 |
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9780192566454 |
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0192566458 |
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