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9%OFFKathleen Klein - The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE - 9780252064630 - V9780252064630
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The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE

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Description for The Woman Detective: GENDER AND GENRE Paperback. Adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore News
This 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252064630
SKU
V9780252064630
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Winner of the Emily Toth Award of the Women's Caucus for Popular Culture of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 1989.

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