Sapphic Slashers

Lisa Duggan

earliest edition we have, 2000 Duke University Press, 2000 paperback 309 pages

On a winter day in 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamored to cover the ensuing “girl lovers” murder trial. Lisa Duggan locates in this sensationalized event the eme...

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Sapphic Slashers edition · 2001 · Duke University Press · 324 pages · 9780822381013
Sapphic Slashers paperback · 2000 · Duke University Press · 309 pages · 9780822326175
Sapphic Slashers edition · 2000 · Duke University Press · 9781283062053
Sapphic Slashers hardcover · 2000 · Duke University Press · 309 pages · 9780822326090

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