The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE
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The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE
Book Details
- Author
- Kathleen Klein
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Reference
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780252064630
- ISBN-10
- 0252064631
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ISBN: 0252064631
Author: Klein, Kathleen
Condition: New
"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore NewsThis new edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994."A highly intelligent analysis." -- Ms."Well-researched and well-written. . . . Traces the evolution of sexist boundaries in popular detective fiction from a feminist viewpoint and documents the parallels in social history and the women's rights movement." -- Ronald C. Miller, The Armchair Detective"Identifies dozens of good novels whose titles are not well known, its promise of good reading extending well beyond its own covers." -- Jane Bakerman, Belles Lettres
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