Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2016].
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Status
Prescott Valley Public Library - Nonfiction Books
364.1523 GRO
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364.1523 GRO
1 available
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, [2016].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
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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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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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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