Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction

Published by University of Toronto Press 1995

Feminism in Women's Detective Fiction

Edited by: Glenwood Irons

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442623088

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About this book

The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth – the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job.

Author / Editor information

Irons Glenwood :

Glenwood Irons is associate professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Language Studies, Brock University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Gender and Genre: The Woman Detective and the Diffusion of Generic Voices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Amelia Butterworth: The Spinster Detective Joan Warthling Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Detective Heroine and the Death of Her Hero: Dorothy Sayers to P.O. James SueEllen Campbell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
3. Gray Areas: P.O. James’s Unsuiting of Cordelia Nicola Nixon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
4. Questing Women: The Feminist Mystery after Feminism Sandra Tomc Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
5. From Spinster to Hipster: The 'Suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
6. Nancy Drew: The Once and Future Prom Queen Bobbie Ann Mason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
7. Feminist Murder: Amanda Cross Reinvents Womanhood Jeanne Addison Roberts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
8. Murders Academic: Women Professors and the Crimes of Gender Susan J. Leonardi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
9. Talkin’ Trash and Kickin’ Butt: Sue Grafton's Hard-boiled Feminism Scott Christiansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
10. The Female Dick and the Crisis of Heterosexuality Ann Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
11. ‘Friends Is a Weak Word for It’: Female Friendship and the Spectre of Lesbianism in Sara Paretsky Rebecca A. Pope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
12. Habeas Corpus: Feminism and Detective Fiction Kathleen Gregory Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 216

eBook

Published: December 15, 1995
ISBN: 9781442623088