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Colored Amazons

- Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910

About Colored Amazons

Offers an analysis of the crimes, prosecution, and incarceration of black women in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs black women's crimes and their representations in popular press accounts and within the discourses of urban and penal reform.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780822337997
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 280
  • Published:
  • June 21, 2006
  • Dimensions:
  • 153x234x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 340 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 25, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Colored Amazons

Offers an analysis of the crimes, prosecution, and incarceration of black women in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs black women's crimes and their representations in popular press accounts and within the discourses of urban and penal reform.

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