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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10019506237X
ISBN-139780195062373
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Book TitleMysterious Death of Mary Rogers : Sex and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMurder / General, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Sociology / Urban, Criminology
Publication Year1995
IllustratorYes
GenreTrue Crime, Social Science, History
AuthorAmy Gilman Srebnick
Book SeriesStudies in the History of Sexuality Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN94-038995
Reviews"In a mesmerizing, superb study, intriguingly illustrated with periodengravings and woodcuts,...Srebnick uses the Rogers saga to throw a floodlighton sexuality in antebellum America, women's history, urban mass culture, therise of the popular press, and the birth of detective fiction."--PublishersWeekly, "With its combination of romance, sex, and violence, Rogers's storycaptured the allure and danger of urban life and, Srebnick argues, introducedpreviously unspeakable acts into public discourse."--Time Out New York, "Everyone loves a good mystery. And the mysteries abound in Amy GilmanSrebnick's absorbing new work.... With this book, the mysterious death of MaryRogers should take its place beside other crimes that have shocked Americansinto action, or at least into deep reflection about our society--Kitty Genoveseand Nicole Brown Simpson are only the tip of the iceberg."--New York LawJournal, "The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers is immensely readable, fluentlywritten, well-paced, and intrinsically of great value. It is vivid and highlyevocative of the urban culture--persons, events, buildings and streets, printculture, complex moral codes, etc.--it treats; and it is particularly effectivein its linkage of the mysteries of the city with the mysteries of femalesexuality in this period."--Karen Halttunen, Professor of History, University ofCalifornia, Davis, "A wonderfully astute and complex investigation of gender, class, andcultural representation in the urban world of antebellum America."--EricSundquist, Department of English, UCLA
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal364.1/523/092
SynopsisIn the summer of 1841, Mary Rogers disappeared without a trace from her New York City boarding house. Three days later, her body, badly bruised and waterlogged, was found floating in the shallow waters of the Hudson River just a few feet from the Jersey shore. Her story, parlayed into a long celebrated unsolved mystery, became grist for penny presses, social reformers, and politicians alike, and an impetus for popular literature, including Edgar Allen Poe's pioneering detective story "The Mystery of Marie Roget." In The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers, historian Amy Gilman Srebnick brilliantly recaptures the story of Mary Rogers, showing how Rogers represented an emerging class of women who took advantage of the greater economic and sexual opportunities available to them in urban America, and how her death became a touchstone for the voicing of mid-nineteenth century concerns over sexual license, the changing roles of women, law and order, and abortion. Rogers' death, first thought due to a murderous gang of rapists and later tacitly understood to be the result of an ill-performed abortion, quickly became a source of popular entertainment, a topic of political debate, and an inspiration to public policy. The incident and the city's response to it provides a fascinating window into the urban culture and consciousness of the mid-1800s. Indeed, in Rogers' name, and as a direct result of her death, two important pieces of legislation were passed in 1845: the New York City Police Reform Act which effectively modernized the city's system of policing, and the New York State law criminalizing abortion. The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers tells a story of a death, but more importantly it also tells the story of a life--that of Mary Rogers--and of the complex urban social world of which she was a part. Like the city in which she lived, Mary Rogers was a source of wonder, mystery, and fear, provoking desire, and inspiring narrative., In the summer of 1841, Mary Rogers disappeared without a trace from her New York City boarding house. Three days later, her body, badly bruised and waterlogged, was found floating in the shallow waters of the Hudson River just a few feet from the Jersey shore. Her story, parlayed into a long celebrated unsolved mystery, became grist for penny presses, social reformers, and politicians alike, and an impetus for popular literature, including Edgar Allen Poe's pioneering detective story "The Mystery of Marie Roget." In The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers , historian Amy Gilman Srebnick brilliantly recaptures the story of Mary Rogers, showing how Rogers represented an emerging class of women who took advantage of the greater economic and sexual opportunities available to them in urban America, and how her death became a touchstone for the voicing of mid-nineteenth century concerns over sexual license, the changing roles of women, law and order, and abortion. Rogers' death, first thought due to a murderous gang of rapists and later tacitly understood to be the result of an ill-performed abortion, quickly became a source of popular entertainment, a topic of political debate, and an inspiration to public policy. The incident and the city's response to it provides a fascinating window into the urban culture and consciousness of the mid-1800s. Indeed, in Rogers' name, and as a direct result of her death, two important pieces of legislation were passed in 1845: the New York City Police Reform Act which effectively modernized the city's system of policing, and the New York State law criminalizing abortion. The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers tells a story of a death, but more importantly it also tells the story of a life--that of Mary Rogers--and of the complex urban social world of which she was a part. Like the city in which she lived, Mary Rogers was a source of wonder, mystery, and fear, provoking desire, and inspiring narrative.
LC Classification NumberHV6534.N5S69 1995
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