'Such Slow Murder': Feminism, moral panic and homicidal women

Authors

Katherine Biber, University of Technology Sydney
Arlie Loughnan, The University Of SydneyFollow
Julia Quilter, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

106462

Publication Details

K. Biber, A. Loughnan & J. Quilter, 'Such slow murder: feminism, moral panic and homicidal women' (2016) 22 (1) Cultural Studies Review 319-326.

Abstract

Maternal infanticide is an issue of perennial interest to sociohistorical scholars, criminologists and feminist researchers. In this wide-ranging book, Annie Cossins argues that infanticide is a uniquely ‘feminine’ form of criminality insofar as it draws social and legal attention to women’s bodies.