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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa DugganPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.998kg ISBN: 9780822326090ISBN 10: 0822326094 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 10 January 2001 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I Murder in Memphis 1. Girl Slays Girl 9 2. A Feast of Sensation 32 3. Habeas Corpus 61 4. Inquisition of Lunacy 87 Part II Making Meanings 5. Violent Passions 123 6. Doctors of Desire 156 7. A Thousand Stories 180 More Than Love: An Epilogue 193 Appendix A: Hypothetical Case 201 Appendix B: Letters 213 Notes 233 Bibliography 281 Index 299ReviewsA book to die for! Theoretically sophisticated, yet written with clarity and elegance, Sapphic Slashers opens whole new worlds of understanding about sexuality, gender norms, racial injustice, violence, and the complex ways they are connected. Full of passion and intelligence, it made me think in fresh new ways about issues of great importance. Duggan's is an amazing intellect. -John D'Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America Duggan seamlessly combines cultural theory with analyses of material conditions and demonstrates a breathtaking command of American cultural institutions-the mass press, the judicial systems, the medical literature. The book is not only smart about the interconnections between gender, sex, race, class, and nation, but is also lucid, making a good read. -Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, author of Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community In this stunningly coherent and compelling account of the development of 'American modernity,' Duggan captures our interest with the sensational tale of lesbian love murder but then insists that we read this tale through turn-of-the-century debates over racial violence and against the backdrop of the medicalization of homosexuality. Sapphic Slashers has 'classic' written all over it. -Judith Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity What Duggan does in this original and moving book is take a murder case from 1890's Memphis and make of it a prism through which to illuminate American modernity. Her method depends less on an account of the murder or of the judicial procedure that followed it than on an analysis of the many narratives-of lesbian love and sex and madness-that the case occasioned. Juxtaposing these narratives to narratives of lynching, Duggan produces a tour-de-force of historical understanding. -Henry Abelove, Wesleyan University What Duggan does in this original and moving book is take a murder case from 1890's Memphis and make of it a prism through which to illuminate American modernity. Her method depends less on an account of the murder or of the judicial procedure that followed it than on an analysis of the many narratives - of lesbian love and sex and madness - that the case occasioned. Juxtaposing these narratives to narratives of lynching, Duggan produces a tour-de-force of historical understanding. - Henry Abelove, Wesleyan University A book to die for! Theoretically sophisticated, yet written with clarity and elegance, Sapphic Slashers opens whole new worlds of understanding about sexuality, gender norms, racial injustice, violence, and the complex ways they are connected. Full of passion and intelligence, it made me think in fresh new ways about issues of great importance. Duggan's is an amazing intellect. - John D'Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America In this stunningly coherent and compelling account of the development of 'American modernity,' Duggan captures our interest with the sensational tale of lesbian love murder but then insists that we read this tale through turn-of-the-century debates over racial violence and against the backdrop of the medicalization of homosexuality. Sapphic Slashers has 'classic' written all over it. - Judith Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity What Duggan does in this original and moving book is take a murder case from 1890's Memphis and make of it a prism through which to illuminate American modernity. Her method depends less on an account of the murder or of the judicial procedure that followed it than on an analysis of the many narratives - of lesbian love and sex and madness - that the case occasioned. Juxtaposing these narratives to narratives of lynching, Duggan produces a tour-de-force of historical understanding. - Henry Abelove, Wesleyan University A book to die for! Theoretically sophisticated, yet written with clarity and elegance, Sapphic Slashers opens whole new worlds of understanding about sexuality, gender norms, racial injustice, violence, and the complex ways they are connected. Full of passion and intelligence, it made me think in fresh new ways about issues of great importance. Duggan's is an amazing intellect. - John D'Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America In this stunningly coherent and compelling account of the development of 'American modernity,' Duggan captures our interest with the sensational tale of lesbian love murder but then insists that we read this tale through turn-of-the-century debates over racial violence and against the backdrop of the medicalization of homosexuality. Sapphic Slashers has 'classic' written all over it. - Judith Halberstam, author of Female Masculinity Author InformationLisa Duggan is Associate Professor of American Studies and History at New York University. She is coauthor of Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture and coeditor of Our Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and National Interest. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |