Helen Birch

Moving Targets Helen Birch

Jacket Description/Back: This pioneering collection of essays looks at our fascination with women who murder. The authors explore how women both fictional and real are represented, as well as the way society responds to these women. Biographical Note: Helen Birch has been a literary editor, freelance journalist, and writer, as well as an editor for the "Guardian," "Independent," and "New Statesman and Society." She lives in Cambridge, England. Table of Contents: "An Eye for an Eye: The Case of the Papin Sisters," Nicole Ward Jouve"If Looks Could Kill: Myra Hindley and the Iconography of Evil," Helen Birch"The Trials of Motherhood: The Case of Azaria and Lindy Chamberlain," Briar Wood"Biting the Hand that Breeds: The Trials of Tracey Wigginton," Deb Verhoeven"A Decade of Deadly Dolls: Hollywood and the Woman Killer," Christine Holmlund"Body Talk: The Sexual Politics of PMT," Melissa Benn"Pleading for Time: Justice for Battered Women Who Kill," Lorraine Radford"Rocking the Cradle: Mothers Who Kill Their Children," Allison Morris and Ania Wilczynski"'Angels of Death': The Lainz Hospital Murders," Bettina Heidkamp"The Female Serial Killer: An Evolving Criminality," Candice SkrapecMarc Notes: Originally published: London: Virago, 1993.; Print on demand ed.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Publisher Marketing: A collection of essays that looks at our fascination with women who murder. It explores how both fictional and real women are represented, as well as the way society responds to these women. It is suitable for those who are concerned with violence and representations of women in our culture.

Contributor Bio:  Birch, Helen Helen Birch has been a literary editor, freelance journalist, and writer, as well as an editor for the "Guardian", "Independent", and "New Statesman and Society". She lives in Cambridge, England.