Duggan, Lisa,  1954- <br/><br/>
Sapphic slashers :  sex, violence, and American modernity / 
 Sex, violence, and American modernity 
Lisa Duggan. 
 - Durham, NC :  Duke University Press,  c2000. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 310 p.) 
 - E-Duke books scholarly collection. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-297) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Murder in Memphis. 1 Girl Slays Girl. 2 A Feast of Sensation. 3 Habeas Corpus. 4 Inquisition of Lunacy -- Part II. MakingMeanings. 5 Violent Passions. 6 Doctors of Desire. 7 A Thousand Stories. More Than Love: An Epilogue -- Appendix A: Hypothetical Case -- Appendix B: Letters. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822381013 082238101X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Mitchell, Alice, 19th cent. <br/>Ward, Freda, d. 1892. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Murder--History--Tennessee--Memphis--19th century.<br/>Lesbian couples--History--Tennessee--Memphis--19th century.<br/>Murder in mass media--History--19th century.<br/>Trials (Murder)--History--Tennessee--Memphis--19th century.<br/>Lesbians in literature--History--19th century.<br/>Asesinato--Historia--Tennessee--Memphis--Siglo 19.<br/>Asesinato--Historia--Tennessee--Memphis--Siglo 19<br/>Asesinato en medios de comunicación--Historia--Siglo 19<br/>Lesbianas en la Literatura--Historia--Siglo 19
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 6534  / D866s 2000