"Real mystery fans will enjoy this survey of nearly 300 female sleuths
in 100 years of British and U.S. fiction." -- Feminist Bookstore
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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 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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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Klein, Kathleen
ISBN: 9780252064630
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.96 x 0.83
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Year: 1995

Language: English

The Woman Detective Gender and Genre

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