Revisiting the Papin case: gender, sexuality and violence in sister my sister

Karen Boyle

doi:10.2307/3190138

Revisiting the Papin case: gender, sexuality and violence in sister my sister

Karen Boyle

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Abstract

On 2 February 1933 in the rural French town of Le Mans, sisters and servants Christine and Lea Papin killed their mistress, Madame Lancelin, and her daughter, Genevieve, in the course of a dispute over a minor domestic accident. The sisters battered and slashed the Lancelins, tearing out their eyes with their bare hands. Bolted out of his home and late for a dinner engagement, Monsieur Lancelin alerted the police who recovered the bodies and found the Papin sisters huddled together in their attic bedroom. The sisters never offered any explanation for the murders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-118
Number of pages	16
Journal	South Central Review
Volume	19/20
Issue number	4/1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/3190138
Publication status	Published - 2002

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sexuality
violence
gender

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