Crime fiction in the age of #MeToo / Charlotte Beyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beyer, Charlotte B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories.

Sex crimes--Social aspects.

Sex crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2025.

Summary:

Informed by fourth-wave feminism, <i>Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo</i> presents a compelling and timely reading of crime fiction in the age of #MeToo. The book explores five major fourth-wave feminist topics, #MeToo, rape culture, toxic masculinity, LBGTQ+ perspectives, and transgender. These topics have been the subject of intense feminist scrutiny and campaigning, and the book demonstrates how this attention is reflected in contemporary crime fiction and its generic and thematic preoccupations. The book opens with a chapter presenting an overview of existing critical perspectives and feminist debates, demonstrating how fourth-wave feminist ideas and debates are inspiring innovations in the genre, as well as generating fresh ways of reading past and present crime fictions. Providing an overview and context for both fourth-wave feminism and the #MeToo movement, the chapter establishes the critical and cultural framework for its analysis. The chapter also outlines the book's methodology and approach, detailing the contents of the chapters. Each of the five subsequent chapters uses critical vocabulary and concepts from feminism and the #MeToo movement to reassess canonical works and present new readings of contemporary crime fiction, producing compelling analyses of gender and genre. <br><br>Through its critical examination of crime fiction, <i>Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo</i> offers a powerful feminist analysis of the genre which draws links between literature and ongoing urgent social and cultural debates such as the #Metoo movement and fourth-wave feminism.

Contents:

Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jun 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785278563

1785278568

9781785278570

1785278576

OCLC:

1458760229