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William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body


William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body

Hardback by McCorristine, S.

William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body

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ISBN:
9781137439383
Publication Date:
18 Aug 2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:
Palgrave Pivot
Pages:
112 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
William Corder and the Red Barn Murder: Journeys of the Criminal Body

Description

This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment.

Contents

1. The Murder in the Red Barn 2. The Criminal Body Dismembered 3. The Criminal Body Remembered Appendix 1: Crime, Trial, and Dismemberment Appendix 2: Representations and Afterlives

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