Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2016].
ISBN
9780190241216, 0190241217
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Carol Stream Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523/GRO | On Shelf |
Glen Ellyn Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 364.1523 GRO | On Shelf |
Riverside Public Library - Stacks | 364.152 GRO | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Case studies.
Family violence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
True crime stories.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Case studies.
Family violence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
Murder -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
Racially mixed people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Tabbs, Hannah Mary.
True crime stories.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780190241216, 0190241217
UPC
40025682395
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-211) and index.
Description
Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class, black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. As details surrounding the shocking case emerged, both the crime and ensuing trial brought otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the black community to public attention. At the same time, the mixed race of the victim and one of his assailants exacerbated anxieties over the purity of whiteness in the post-Reconstruction era.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gross, K. N. (2016). Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso: a tale of race, sex, and violence in America . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gross, Kali N., 1972-. 2016. Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gross, Kali N., 1972-. Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America Oxford University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gross, Kali N. Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America Oxford University Press, 2016.
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