10.6084/m9.figshare.7515407.v1 Silvia Liebel Silvia Liebel Ingratas e pérfidas Medeias! Infanticídio e normatização da sexualidade feminina na literatura de rua francesa dos séculos XVI e XVII SciELO journals 2018 street literature infanticide violence gender Early Modern period 2018-12-26 05:30:57 Figure https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/figure/Ingratas_e_p_rfidas_Medeias_Infantic_dio_e_normatiza_o_da_sexualidade_feminina_na_literatura_de_rua_francesa_dos_s_culos_XVI_e_XVII/7515407 <p></p><p>This article analyses the representations of infanticide in French street literature between 1574 and 1651 through the study of the canards, chapbooks sold to a wide audience. In the analyzed period, these texts circulated fantastic and bloody stories, which highlighted female cruelty. Acting at the same time as a product and a driving force of the growing moralization of the realm, these pieces show the dangers of debauched women, and the need of controlling them. In search of a literary depiction of the criminal woman's social image and her otherness, this paper deals with the transmission of a moral code to women and the concerns about infanticide, part of a relentless struggle against the corruption of youth.</p><p></p>