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Contemporary Feminist Historical Crime Fiction / by R. Johnsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnsen, Rosemary Erickson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- Sex.
- Fiction.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Gender Studies.
- Fiction Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- Gender Studies.
- Fiction Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By examining the feminist interventions of contemporary women writers working in this subgenre, Johnsen advances the existing critical discussion of women's crime fiction. The writers studied here bring research expertise to bear on their chosen historical settings, creating a powerful but widely accessible statement about women in history.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface: Hystory Girls
- 1 Contemporary Women's Historical Crime Fiction
- 2 Medieval Women in Context
- 3 Legal Violence in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America
- 4 (Re)Presenting Sherlock Holmes
- 5 Suffragette Disruptions: History, Chronology, Closure
- 6 Women and the Ever-Present Past
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611365707
- 9781281365705
- 128136570X
- 9781403983503
- 140398350X
- OCLC:
- 567962770
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