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Violette Nozière
Sarah C. Maza
其他書名
A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris
出版
Univ of California Press
, 2011-05-31
主題
History / General
History / Europe / General
Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Social Science / Women's Studies
Social Science / Gender Studies
True Crime / General
True Crime / Murder / General
ISBN
0520272722
9780520272729
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XakwDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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"Sarah Maza has written a vivid, gripping and clear-eyed account of the celebrated Violette Nozière case, which captivated French society in the 1930s. A bold and imaginative story, Violette Nozière opens an unexpected and revealing window onto interwar Parisian life." — Colin Jones, author of
Paris: Biography of a City
“Sarah Maza's absorbing new book on Violette Nozière--flapper, fantasist, and perpetrator of one of the most sordid and sensational French homicides of the 1930s—is a scholarly 'true crime' tale of the most intelligent sort. Why might a seemingly respectable little mademoiselle from a 'nice' bourgeois family want to poison her maman et papa at the breakfast table? Alongside her riveting account of the crime and its aftermath, Maza investigates the various pathologies—familial, social, economic, cultural, psychosexual—that may have figured in the mayhem. (At her trial Nozière claimed, among other things, that her father had sexually abused her for years.) The result is both a fascinating case history—Greek tragedy rewritten as seedy policier—and a chilling glimpse into the less salubrious aspects of French lower middle-class life between the wars.” — Terry Castle, author of
The Professor
"One of those rare and sophisticated works that tells a gripping story while evoking a complex historical period. There exist very few cultural histories of the interwar years."—Carolyn Dean, author of
Aversion and Erasure: The Fate of the Victim after the Holocaust
“Sarah Maza's book tells an arresting story that deftly combines conventional social history with a subtle analysis of gender and culture. Using all the arts of the best storytellers, she is careful not to give too much away, and it is only with time and a remarkable conclusion that we realize that Violette Nozière is no ordinary tale.” — Ruth Harris, author of
Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century
