Agenre-bendingfeministaccountofthelivesandcrimesoffourwomenwhocommittedthedoubletransgressionofmurder,violatingnotonlycriminallawbutalsotheinvisiblelawsofgender.WhenWomenKill:FourCrimesRetoldanalyzesfourhomicidescarriedoutbyChileanwomenoverthecourseofthetwentiethcentury.Drawingonhertrainingasalawyer,AliaTrabuccoZer獺noffersanuancedclosereadingoftheirlivesandcrimes,foregoingsensationalisminordertodissecthowallfourwerebothperpetratorsofviolentactsandvictimsofanother,moreinsidiouskindofviolence.Thisradicalretellingchallengesthearchetypeofthewomanmurdererandrevealsanothernarrative,oneasdisturbingandprovocativeasthetransgressionsthemselves:Whatmakeswomenlashoutagainsttherestraintsofgendereddomesticity,andhowdowe--readers,viewers,themedia,theartworld,thepoliticalestablishment--treatthemwhentheydo?Expertlyintertwiningtruecrime,criticalessay,andresearchdiary,InternationalBookerPrizefinalistAliaTrabuccoZer獺n(TheRemainder),inatranslationbySophieHughes,bringsanoverduefeministperspectivetothestudyofdeviantwomen.
