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Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860 - Heroines of Horror (Paperback)
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Murderesses in German Writing, 1720-1860 - Heroines of Horror (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in German
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The way deviant women - murderesses, witches, vampires - are
perceived and represented reveals much about what a society
considers the norm for acceptable female behaviour. Drawing on
extensive archival records and published texts, Susanne Kord
investigates the stories of eight famous murderesses in Germany as
they were told in legal, psychological, philosophical and literary
writings. Kord interrogates the role of representation in legal
judgment and the way the emancipation of women was perceived to be
linked to their crimes. She demonstrates how perceptions of normal
and criminal women permeated not only legal thought but also
seemingly unrelated cultural spheres - from poetry, philosophy and
physiognomy to early psychological profiling. A major work of
German cultural history, this highly original book raises
thought-provoking questions about eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century gender norms in ways that continue to resonate
today.
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