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This collection examines the meaning, construction and deconstruction of the murdering woman. These essays suggest that the ways in which gender, race, class and sexuality play into representations of women murderers is key to understanding the patriarchal underpinnings of our judicial system as they apply to women criminals.

Murder in literature. --- Murder in motion pictures. --- Women murderers in literature. --- Women murderers in motion pictures. --- Women murderers. --- Murder in literature --- Murder in motion pictures --- Women murderers in literature --- Women murderers in motion pictures --- Women murderers --- Languages & Literatures --- Literature - General --- Female homicide offenders --- Murderesses --- Women homicide offenders --- Female offenders --- Murderers --- Motion pictures