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1 online resource (xxiv, 192 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Gender and genre : the woman detective and the diffusion of generic voices -- Amelia Butterworth : the spinster detective / Joan Warthling Roberts -- The detective heroine and the death of her hero : Dorothy Sayers to P.D. James / SueEllen Campbell -- Gray areas : P.D. James's unsuiting of Cordelia / Nicola Nixon -- Questing women : the feminist mystery after feminism / Sandra Tomc -- From spinster to hipster : the 'suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee / Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts -- Nancy Drew : the once and future prom queen / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Feminist murder : Amanda Cross reinvents womanhood / Jeanne Addison Roberts -- Murders academic : women professors and the crimes of gender / Susan J. Leonardi -- Talkin' trash and kickin' butt : Sue Grafton's hard-boiled feminism / Scott Christianson -- The female dick and the crisis of heterosexuality / Ann Wilson -- 'Friends is a weak word for it': female friendship and the spectre of lebianism in Sara Paretsky / Rebecca A. Pope -- Habeass corpus: feminism and detective fiction / Kathleen Gregory Klein. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, English. |
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, American. |
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Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Feminism and literature. |
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English-speaking countries. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English fiction -- Women authors. |
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Feminist fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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Feminist fiction, American. |
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Feminist fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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Feminist fiction, English. |
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Irons, Glenwood H. (Glenwood Henry), 1951- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feminism in women's detective fiction. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1995 0802005195 (DLC) 96106230 (OCoLC)34544504 |
| ISBN |
9781442623088 electronic book |
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144262308X electronic book |
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0802005195 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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9780802005199 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
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0802069541 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
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9780802069542 (paper ; acid-free paper) |
