Invisible Women, Fairy Tale Death: How Stories of Public Murder Minimize Terror at Home
Repeated true-crime narratives tend to deflect serious examination of the misogynistic attitudes, abuse, and/or fatal violence that too frequently precede a public massacre. A reconsideration of surviving writings by Charles Whitman, the 1966 UT Austin sniper, alongside newly-discovered letters of h...
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2017-07-01
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| description | Repeated true-crime narratives tend to deflect serious examination of the misogynistic attitudes, abuse, and/or fatal violence that too frequently precede a public massacre. A reconsideration of surviving writings by Charles Whitman, the 1966 UT Austin sniper, alongside newly-discovered letters of his wife and second victim, Kathy Leissner, reveals how inflexible gender attitudes and judgments took a profoundly toxic and eventually fatal toll in private, long before Whitman’s display of hyper-masculine force from atop a landmark tower. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1a368e7ac27481b9dd702d08b08c03f2022-12-21T21:49:34ZengGöttingen University PressAmerican Studies Journal2199-72682017-07-016210.18422/62-05Invisible Women, Fairy Tale Death: How Stories of Public Murder Minimize Terror at HomeJo Scott-CoeRepeated true-crime narratives tend to deflect serious examination of the misogynistic attitudes, abuse, and/or fatal violence that too frequently precede a public massacre. A reconsideration of surviving writings by Charles Whitman, the 1966 UT Austin sniper, alongside newly-discovered letters of his wife and second victim, Kathy Leissner, reveals how inflexible gender attitudes and judgments took a profoundly toxic and eventually fatal toll in private, long before Whitman’s display of hyper-masculine force from atop a landmark tower.http://www.asjournal.org/62-2017/invisible-women-fairy-tale-death-stories-public-murder-minimize-terror-home/Charles Whitmandomestic violenceKathy LeissnerMass shootingmisogynysexismUniversity of Texas at Austin shooting |
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| title | Invisible Women, Fairy Tale Death: How Stories of Public Murder Minimize Terror at Home |
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| topic | Charles Whitman domestic violence Kathy Leissner Mass shooting misogyny sexism University of Texas at Austin shooting |
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