Crime
Liz Campbell explores the changing legal landscape for women participating in, or as accessories to, organised crime in the UK and Scotland.
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The dangerous woman concept in the film ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’
Tingting Hu takes a look at a ‘femme fatale’ in a Chinese context, Wu Zhizhen – protagonist of the award-winning film noir ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’.
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Self-Defence Classes for Women in Revolutionary Cairo
Perrine Lachenal explores the phenomenon of self-defence classes in Cairo, where women learn how to defend themselves in the event of attack. She explores what this tells us about the character of the ‘dangerous woman’ in that particular cultural context.
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The rise of the female assassin in Colombia
Baker and Jaramillo explore the fictional and factual worlds of female drug assassins in the cartels of Colombia, focusing on the symbolic role of the motorbike.
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Catriona McAra and Lesley McAra write about their ancestor Charlotte Marsh, a feminist and suffragette who was imprisoned for her beliefs. They ask themselves what her legacy is in their academic and professional practice.
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Laura Sjoberg and Caron Gentry argue that gender stereotypes obscure the actual dangerousness of politically violent women.
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Branded a threat to communism
Kelly Hignett highlights the story of Dagmar Šimková, imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for alleged anti-communist activities in the 1950s and 1960s.
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What did it mean to be a ‘dangerous woman’ in post-Independence Ireland?
Lynsey Black explores the convictions and prejudices that could lead to a woman finding herself with the heaviest of sentences in post-Independence Ireland.
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‘Heinous’ child killer or vulnerable victim of her times?
Morag Allan Campbell imagines the final days of Jessie King, who in 1889 became the last woman to be executed in Edinburgh.
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