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Feminism in women's detective fiction / edited by Glenwood Irons.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Feminism and literature--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature--English-speaking countries--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Feminist fiction, American.
- Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Feminist fiction, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky.The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface.Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Gender and genre : the woman detective and the diffusion of generic voices
- Amelia Butterworth : the spinster detective / Joan Warthling Roberts
- The detective heroine and the death of her hero : Dorothy Sayers to P.D. James / SueEllen Campbell
- Gray areas : P.D. James's unsuiting of Cordelia / Nicola Nixon
- Questing women : the feminist mystery after feminism / Sandra Tomc
- From spinster to hipster : the 'suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee / Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts
- Nancy Drew : the once and future prom queen / Bobbie Ann Mason
- Feminist murder : Amanda Cross reinvents womanhood / Jeanne Addison Roberts
- Murders academic : women professors and the crimes of gender / Susan J. Leonardi
- Talkin' trash and kickin' butt : Sue Grafton's hard-boiled feminism / Scott Christianson
- The female dick and the crisis of heterosexuality / Ann Wilson
- 'Friends is a weak word for it': female friendship and the spectre of lebianism in Sara Paretsky / Rebecca A. Pope
- Habeass corpus: feminism and detective fiction / Kathleen Gregory Klein.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5563-1
- 1-4426-2308-X
- OCLC:
- 903968144
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