The Trial Of Woman
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The Trial Of Woman
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Author : Diana Basham
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1992-01-01
The Trial Of Woman written by Diana Basham and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Anyone interested in Women's history, literary studies, or the occult will find this book engaging and valuable.
The Trial Of Woman
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Author : D. Basham
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 1992-01-14
The Trial Of Woman written by D. Basham and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-14 with History categories.
During the Victorian period, women found themselves on trial as never before. As the women's rights movement gathered strength, the advent of a "new witchcraft" revived old notions and fears of female occult power, a belief rooted in the legendary guilt of the female sex. This intriguing volume examines the impact of this nineteenth-century occult revival on the Victorian women's movement, both in the lives of individual women and in the literature surrounding "the Woman Question." While drawing on a wide range of literary texts, by such writers as the Bronte sisters, William Wilkie Collins, Benjamin Disraeli, and Arthur Conan Doyle, The Trial of Woman also examines the lives and careers of a number of historically significant women, from Florence Nightingale and Lady Byron (whose relationship with her daughter, the mathematician, Ada Lovelace, is the subject of the first chapter) to Madame Blavatsky, as well as interesting but lesser-known figures such as Amelia B. Edwards and Joanna Southcott who was convinced she was the Woman of Revelations, one of the three most important women ever born. As Victorian culture struggled for a sense of coherence, the Occult Woman was repeatedly presented as the figure that best embodied what was perceived as problematic or dysfunctional about Victorian life, while at the same time holding a possible key to harmony and integration. That key appears, for the Victorians, to have concerned the female menstrual cycle, itself the object of anxious discussion about the legendary, occult powers of women. Although menstruation--known alternatively as the "time of flowers" and the "curse of Eve"--Was a taboo phenomenon seldom directly addressed, it was central because of all it implied concerning women's biological and psychic otherness.
Woman On Trial
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Author : Amelia Howe Kritzer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Woman On Trial written by Amelia Howe Kritzer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Drama categories.
"This study breaks new ground in comparative drama by focusing on a phenomenon that can be observed in the drama of different cultures and across a large span of time. The essays illuminate the ways in which the plays interrogate law as an institution that subordinates and controls women through the categories and relationships it constructs, as well as by means of the actions it sanctions-some of which apply to women only. In some cases the woman on trial has not committed the offense for which she is being tried; in others she has committed a serious crime, often murder. The action may hinge on determining innocence versus guilt, or the play may attempt to present innocence and guilt as qualities that are structured by culture. Many of the plays also highlight factors such as nationality, race, poverty, or working-class status, as they interact with gender to create perceptions of the woman on trial. The woman or women on trial may represent dissidents or activists in general, or they may epitomize the failure of the law to protect women from crimes, especially sexual violence, placing the victim rather than the perpetrator on trial"--from publisher's website.
Jury Woman
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Author : Mary Timothy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Jury Woman written by Mary Timothy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"As foreperson of the Angela Davis jury, Mary Timothy ushers us into the courtroom and provides us with rinside sears at what has been called "the trial of the century." Jury Woman reveals gross inequities in the jury system itself -- for which Mary Timothy offers nine points for radical reform." -- Publisher's description.
Trial By Woman
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Author : Courtney Rowley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-15
Trial By Woman written by Courtney Rowley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-15 with categories.
Woman On Trial
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Author : Lawrencia Bembenek
language : en
Publisher: HarperPrism
Release Date : 1992
Woman On Trial written by Lawrencia Bembenek and has been published by HarperPrism this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Convicts categories.
Lawerencia Bembeck is charged and convicted of murder. But she claims she is innocent -- framed.
Defending Battered Women On Trial
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Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2013-12-15
Defending Battered Women On Trial written by Elizabeth A. Sheehy and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-15 with Family & Relationships categories.
In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women on trial for murder.
The Trial Of Woman
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Author : D. Basham
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1992-01-14
The Trial Of Woman written by D. Basham and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-14 with History categories.
The Trial of Woman examines the impact of the nineteenth-century 'Occult Revival' on the Victorian Women's Movement, both in the lives of individual women and in the literature surrounding 'the Woman Question'. The book explores the Victorian Myth of Occult Womanhood and argues that the notion of female occult power was deeply influenced by the advent of Mesmerism, Spiritualism and Theosophy. This myth was itself a determining factor in women's struggle for legal and political rights.
The Woman Who Dared To Vote
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Author : N. E. H. Hull
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Woman Who Dared To Vote written by N. E. H. Hull and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Election law categories.
The first book-length account of the most important trial in the history of the movement to secure the vote for women. Provides a concise and readable guide to the origins, proceedings, and significance of the controversial trial of Susan B. Anthony.
The Trial
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Author : Anthony Booth
language : en
Publisher: Samuel French
Release Date : 1972
The Trial written by Anthony Booth and has been published by Samuel French this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Drama categories.
Three women are waiting in a cellar. One is a captain in an organization pledged to bring freedom to the city, which is in the throes of a struggle for power; another is a witness; the third is an informer in the coming trial. A frightened girl is brought in and severely questioned regarding her alleged betrayal to the authorities of hidden stocks of ammunition. She is acquitted of betrayal but led away to be punished for fraternization. The proceedings have, however, uncovered the guilt of another woman present-the informer herself.5 women