“His wife seized his prize and cut it to size”: folk and popular commentary on Lorena Bobbitt.

The writer analyzes the folklore—informal or traditional communication that arises out of a shared aesthetic and is transmitted through dynamic processes of social interaction—related to the cases of John Wayne Bobbitt, who was accused and acquitted of the rape of his wife, and Lorena Bobbitt, who w...

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Publicado en:NWSA Journal Vol. 8; pp. 1 - 36
Autor principal: Pershing, Linda
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Fall96
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