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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969784503321

Autore

Johnsen Rosemary Erickson

Titolo

Contemporary Feminist Historical Crime Fiction / / by R. Johnsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611365707

9781281365705

128136570X

9781403983503

140398350X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

813/.087209358

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Culture - Study and teaching

Sex

Fiction

Literary Theory

Cultural Theory

Gender Studies

Fiction Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Hystory Girls -- 1 Contemporary Women's Historical Crime Fiction -- 2 Medieval Women in Context -- 3 Legal Violence in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America -- 4 (Re)Presenting Sherlock Holmes -- 5 Suffragette Disruptions: History, Chronology, Closure -- 6 Women and the Ever-Present Past -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

By examining the feminist interventions of contemporary women writers working in this subgenre, Johnsen advances the existing critical discussion of women's crime fiction. The writers studied here bring research expertise to bear on their chosen historical settings, creating a



powerful but widely accessible statement about women in history.