Moving Targets: Women, Murder and Representation
- ISBN-10
- 185381198X
- ISBN-13
- 9781853811982
- Series
- Moving Targets
- Category
- Crime in mass media
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-01
- Publisher
- Virago Press
- Author
- Helen Birch
Description
Are these women simply victims of patriarchal culture, or can their crimes be seen as an outrage against it? This collection of essays addresses these issues and looks at our enduring fascination with murder in literature and film.
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