Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker by Bourke, Joanna

Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781836391746)

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Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker by Bourke, Joanna

Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker

$27.50
Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker by Bourke, Joanna

Five Evil Women: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker

$27.50
Format: Hardcover
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A critical, comparative history of five notorious women branded icons of evil.

Why do certain women become icons of evil? This book offers the first comparative, non-sensationalist account of five of the most reviled women in the modern Anglophone world: Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Aileen Wuornos, Karla Homolka, and Karla Faye Tucker. It examines their lives, crimes, and cultural reception in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada, asking how violence committed by women is understood, judged, and remembered. Going beyond moral outrage or tabloid headlines, the book explores how concepts of "evil" are shaped by history, belief systems, and social context. Through historical and ethical reflections, it offers a deeper, more critical engagement with female violence and considers how society should respond to those who commit acts of unimaginable harm.

Author: Joanna Bourke
ISBN-10: 1836391749
ISBN-13: 9781836391746
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2026
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
By Joanna Bourke
By Joanna Bourke
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Joanna Bourke OBE is professor emerita of history at Birkbeck, University of London, and a fellow of the British Academy. She is also professor of rhetoric at Gresham College. Her many books include Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence, also published by Reaktion Books.

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