Ripper's Victims in Print

The Rhetoric of Portrayals Since 1929

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in detail. Yet they themselves remain as mysterious as their murderer.This first ever study of the victims surveys the Ripper literature to reveal what is known about their lives, how society viewed them at the time of their deaths, and how attitudes and perceptions of them have (or have not) changed since the Victorian era.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-02-02
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor247
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476669892

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionOne • Enter the Victims: The Ripper Crimes of 1888Two • Fifty Years Later: The Earliest Ripper BooksThree • “Ladies of the pavement”: Ripper Narratives of the 1950s and 1960sFour • Royals, Freemasons and Schemes: Presenting Victims in the Conspiracy Theories of the 1970sFive • One Hundred Years Later: Writing for the Anniversary of the CrimesSix • More Than a Century Later: Discussing Murder in the 1990sSeven • More of the Same? An Introduction to the 21st Century BooksEight • Enter DNA: Victim Descriptions in Light of 21st Century Uses of Technology in Ripper TheoriesNine • Crimes for a New Age: Variations and Changes in Victim Representation of the 21st CenturyConclusion: What Possible Use?Chapter NotesBibliographyIndex