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Crime fiction from a professional eye : women writers with law enforcement and justice experience / Lili Pøquet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pâquet, Lili, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Fiction.
- Crime writing--History and criticism.
- Crime writing.
- Justice, Administration of, in literature.
- Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.
- Summary:
- "There is a new category of authors blurring the line between fiction and nonfiction: women who have worked in criminal justice--lawyers, police officers, forensic investigators--who publish crime fiction with characters that resemble real-life counterparts. These writers present compelling, insider portrayals of inequality and dysfunction in criminal justice systems from a feminist viewpoint"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the new female investigator
- Dorothy Uhnak and the trauma of change
- Linda Fairstein: language and the law
- Kathy Reichs: the female forensic gaze
- Australian police officers and fiction as therapy
- Conclusion: professional authors in the crime fiction genre.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3403-3
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