A new front in the history wars? Responding to Rubenhold’s feminist revision of the Ripper
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Bleakley, P. 2021. A new front in the history wars? Responding to Rubenhold’s feminist revision of the Ripper. Criminology & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895821992460
Type | Article |
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Title | A new front in the history wars? Responding to Rubenhold’s feminist revision of the Ripper |
Authors | Bleakley, P. |
Abstract | Hallie Rubenhold’s The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed By Jack the Ripper has drawn the criticism of the community of amateur sleuths dubbed ‘Ripperologists’ for its revisionist perspective, which claims that the canonical five victims of Jack the Ripper were not all sex workers. Rubenhold’s victim-centred approach has opened a new front in the history wars, as Ripperologists accuse her of historical denialism in pursuit of a feminist agenda. This article assesses Rubenhold’s methods, and her contribution to historical criminology, as well as considering why dominant historical narratives of crime prove so resistant to reinterpretation. |
Keywords | Historical criminology, history wars, Jack the Ripper, methodology, revisionism |
Research Group | English Language and Literature |
Publisher | Sage |
Journal | Criminology & Criminal Justice |
ISSN | 1748-8958 |
Electronic | 1748-8966 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 05 Feb 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 15 Feb 2021 |
Accepted | 12 Jan 2021 |
Publisher's version | License |
Copyright Statement | © The Author(s) 2021 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895821992460 |
Language | English |
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