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100 1 a| Gross, Kali N.,d| 1972-e| author.=| ^A1347031;

245 10 a| Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso :b| a tale of race, sex, and violence in America /c| Kali Nicole Gross.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2016];

300 a| 220 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 22 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-211) and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue -- Handle with care -- The woman found -- To do him bodily harm -- Wavy hair and nearly white skin -- Held for trial -- A most revolting deed -- Epilogue.;

520 a| Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class, black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. As details surrounding the shocking case emerged, both the crime and ensuing trial brought otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the black community to public attention. At the same time, the mixed race of the victim and one of his assailants exacerbated anxieties over the purity of whiteness in the post-Reconstruction era.;

600 10 a| Tabbs, Hannah Mary.=| ^A1347321;

650 4 a| Borowitz Collection.;

655 4 a| True crime literature.;

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Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America / Kali Nicole Gross.

Author/creator	Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Description	220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Subjects	Tabbs, Hannah Mary. Murder--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --Case studies. Family violence--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --Case studies. African Americans--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --Social conditions. --19th century. African American women--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --Social conditions. --19th century. Multiracial people--Pennsylvania. --Philadelphia. --Social conditions. --19th century. Borowitz Collection. United States--Race relations. --History. --19th century.

Contents	Prologue -- Handle with care -- The woman found -- To do him bodily harm -- Wavy hair and nearly white skin -- Held for trial -- A most revolting deed -- Epilogue.
Abstract	Shortly after a dismembered torso was discovered by a pond outside Philadelphia in 1887, investigators homed in on two suspects: Hannah Mary Tabbs, a married, working-class, black woman, and George Wilson, a former neighbor whom Tabbs implicated after her arrest. As details surrounding the shocking case emerged, both the crime and ensuing trial brought otherwise taboo subjects such as illicit sex, adultery, and domestic violence in the black community to public attention. At the same time, the mixed race of the victim and one of his assailants exacerbated anxieties over the purity of whiteness in the post-Reconstruction era.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-211) and index.
Genre/form	True crime literature.
Genre/form	True crime stories.
LCCN	2015032082
ISBN	9780190241216 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0190241217 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40025682395

Hannah Mary Tabbs and the disembodied torso : a tale of race, sex, and violence in America / Kali Nicole Gross.

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