Sapphic Slashers

"In this stunningly coherent and compelling account of the development of 'American modernity, ' Duggan captures our interest with the sensational tale of lesbian love murder but then insists that we read this tale through turn-of-the-century debates over racial violence and against the backdrop of the medicalization of homosexuality. "Sapphic Slashers "has 'classic' written all over it."--Judith Halberstam, author of "Female Masculinity"