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"You're all a bunch of feminists"
categorization and the politics of terror in the montreal massacre
pp. 253-272
Abstract
Following Sacks's model membership categorization analysis (MCA) of a suicidal person's conclusion 'I have no one to turn to,' the paper examines in MCA terms a political actor's twin conclusions that murder-suicide is a rational course of action. The case in question is the killer's reasoning in the Montreal Massacre as revealed in his reported announcement at the scene (notably 'You're all a bunch of feminists. I hate feminists') and recovered suicide letter (for example, 'For why persevere to exist if it is only to please the government').
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Published in:
(1999) Human Studies 22 (2-4).
Pages: 253-272
Full citation:
Eglin Peter, Hester Stephen (1999) „"You're all a bunch of feminists": categorization and the politics of terror in the montreal massacre“. Human Studies 22 (2-4), 253–272.