| Description |
xii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index. |
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Includes filmography: page 253. |
| Summary |
Argues that the New Woman Criminal in fin-de-siècle Britain exploited iconic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commodity culture, including cosmetics and clothing, to fashion an illicit identity that enabled her to subvert legal authority in both the public and the private spheres. |
| Contents |
Private and public eyes : Sherlock Holmes and the invisible woman -- Beautiful for ever! cosmetics, consumerism, L.T. Meade, and Madame Rachel -- The limits of the gaze : class, gender, and authority in early British cinema -- Dynamite, interrupted : gender in James's and Conrad's novels of failed terror -- "An invitation to dynamite" : female revolutionaries in late-Victorian dynamite narrative. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, English. |
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English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Female offenders in literature.
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Female offenders in literature. |
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Terrorism in literature.
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Terrorism in literature. |
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Consumption (Economics) in literature.
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Consumption (Economics) in literature. |
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Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Literature and society. |
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Detective and mystery films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery films. |
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Women in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Women in popular culture. |
| ISBN |
9780472050444 paperback acid-free paper |
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9780472070442 acid-free paper |
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0472070444 acid-free paper |
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0472050443 paperback acid-free paper |
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