dc.contributor.advisor |
Byers, Michele, 1971- |
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dc.creator |
McSweeney, Lakeisha |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-09-21T14:28:09Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-09-21T14:28:09Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://library2.smu.ca/xmlui/handle/01/29912 |
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dc.description |
1 online resource (vi, 122 pages) |
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dc.description |
Includes abstract |
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dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-122). |
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dc.description.abstract |
Women do not fit nicely into the category of violent offenders. Using Oxygen Network‘s flagship franchise series Snapped, I present a historical study of the first season of the show that
marks an important moment in criminological and True Crime TV history as it relates to the
conceptualisation of women who kill. I set out to answer the question "How does Snapped
challenge or reaffirm the dominant theories of women who kill?" I argue that there is an
alternative way to explain female killers other than the pejorative mainstream discourses of mad,
sad and bad. I use a thematic analysis to unravel themes and draw on Chris Weedon‘s feminist
post structuralism with specific focus on discourse and power as they relate to gender and
agency. My findings reveal that women who kill are not sad, but they can be however mad, bad,
and do possess agency. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Snapped (Television program) -- History and criticism |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
True crime television programs -- History and criticism |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Homicide -- female offenders |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Weedon, Chris |
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dc.title |
She just snapped! : rethinking mad, sad and bad discourses of women who kill |
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dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.name |
Master of Arts in Criminology |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters |
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thesis.degree.discipline |
Criminology |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.) |
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