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Hardboiled & high heeled : the woman detective in popular culture / Linda Mizejewski.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.W6 M549 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mizejewski, Linda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery films--United States--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Detective and mystery television programs.
- United States.
- Women in motion pictures.
- Detective and mystery television programs--United States--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Women detectives in literature.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- x, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Hardboiled and high heeled
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Summary:
- Dicks in high heels? A daring new character on the tough streets of crime fiction, the woman detective has moved into Hollywood and prime time, where she's billed as a star and dressed to kill. Richly illustrated and written with a fan's love of the genre, Hardboiled and High Heeled is an essential introduction to the woman detective character in movies, on network television, and on the bestseller list.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Watching the Women Detectives 1
- Chapter 2 Picturing the Best-Seller List: Sue Grafton and Patricia Cornwell 21
- Chapter 3 Jiggle, Camp, and Couples: 1960s-80s Prime-Time Woman Investigators 53
- Chapter 4 Under Suspicion: Women and Mystery in 1990s Television 89
- Chapter 5 Women Detectives on Film: First Take 113
- Chapter 6 Action Bodies: Women Detective Movies, 1995-2000 141
- Chapter 7 Clarice and Her Fans: The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal 173.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415969700
- 0415969719
- OCLC:
- 55110765
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