Gender, Familial Ideologies, and Aspects of Genre in the Early-Republic Murder Trial Report
The present essay focuses on a case of matricide which happened in New Jersey in 1812. Mary and Cornelius Cole, a married couple, were charged with the murder of Mary’s mother, Agnes Thuers. While Cornelius denied any involvement in the actual killing, and only admitted to assisting his wife in conc...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Milano
2016-05-01
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| Series: | Altre Modernità |
| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/7172 |