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Title Feminism in women's detective fiction / edited by Glenwood Irons
Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description xxiv, 192 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Gender and Genre: The Woman Detective and the Diffusion of Generic Voices -- 1. Amelia Butterworth: The Spinster Detective / Joan Warthling Roberts -- 2. The Detective Heroine and the Death of Her Hero: Dorothy Sayers to P.D. James / SueEllen Campbell -- 3. Gray Areas: P.D. James's Unsuiting of Cordelia / Nicola Nixon -- 4. Questing Women: The Feminist Mystery after Feminism / Sandra Tomc -- 5. From Spinster to Hipster: The 'Suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee / Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts -- 6. Nancy Drew: The Once and Future Prom Queen / Bobbie Ann Mason -- 7. Feminist Murder: Amanda Cross Reinvents Womanhood / Jeanne Addison Roberts -- 8. Murders Academic: Women Professors and the Crimes of Gender / Susan J. Leonardi -- 9. Talkin' Trash and Kickin' Butt: Sue Grafton's Hard-boiled Feminism / Scott Christianson -- 10. The Female Dick and the Crisis of Heterosexuality / Ann Wilson
11. 'Friends Is a Weak Word for It': Female Friendship and the Spectre of Lesbianism in Sara Paretsky / Rebecca A. Pope -- 12. Habeas Corpus: Feminism and Detective Fiction / Kathleen Gregory Klein
Summary The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the off-heard challenge as 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 question 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
Analysis English fiction By Women
English fiction Detective stories
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Detective and mvstery stories, American -- History and criticism
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Author Irons, Glenwood H. (Glenwood Henry), 1951-
LC no. 96106230
ISBN 0802005195 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0802069541 (paper : acid-free paper)