Papin Sisters
«... this is a very rich book, whose excellent bibliography and index will be useful for those interested in the individual texts examined, and whose overall approach is a fruitful model for the study of a similar causes célèbres.»
Modern & Contemporary France
This is a study of the 1933 killing by the Papin sisters of their mistress and her daughter. An unexampled act of violence by women against women. The book discusses the idea that the obsessive recurrence of the case makes it a prism through which to examine multiple aspects of French culture. Les mer
This is a study of the 1933 killing by the Papin sisters of their mistress and her daughter. An unexampled act of violence by women against women. The book discusses the idea that the obsessive recurrence of the case makes it a prism through which to examine multiple aspects of French culture.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198160106
- Utgivelsesår
- 2001
- Format
- 23 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«... this is a very rich book, whose excellent bibliography and index will be useful for those interested in the individual texts examined, and whose overall approach is a fruitful model for the study of a similar causes célèbres.»
Modern & Contemporary France
«A revelatory questioning of the reason for the horrendous crimes' enduring folkish fascination.»
Contemporary Review
«Provides a useful overview of the varied cultural reactions to the Papin sisters and their crime ... The book particularly illuminates the crucial impact of the case on psychoanalytical discourse.»
Times Literary Supplement