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Women, Crime and Language

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Frances Gray

    1. University of Sheffield, UK

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  1. Jo Campling
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction in Four Scenes

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 1-19

  3. Condemned Woman

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 20-40

  4. Guilty Victims

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 41-60

  5. Speaking Victims

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 61-82

  6. Survivor Stories

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 83-103

  7. Picture of Infamy

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 104-125

  8. Nanny State

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 126-146

  9. Cruel Mother

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 147-168

  10. Writing the Dead

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 169-188

  11. Afterword

    • Frances Gray
    Pages 189-200

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 201-216
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Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, in which women have featured as victims, perpetrators or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women through detective stories, plays and novels.

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  • University of Sheffield, UK

    Frances Gray

About the author

FRANCES GRAY is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Drama at the University of Sheffield. She has lectured at Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, and at the University of Lodz. Her previous books include John Arden, Noel Coward and Women and Laughter. She is also a playwright for both the stage and radio and holds two Radio Times Awards.

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