Women and Crime in Post-Transitional South African Crime Fiction : A Study of Female Victims, Perpetrators and Detectives / / Sabine Binder

• Autore: Binder Sabine
• Pubblicazione: Brill, 2020; Leiden : , : Brill Rodopi, 2021, , 2020; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)
• Disciplina: 823.087209968
• Soggetto topico: Female offenders in literature; Victims of crimes in literature; Women detectives in literature
• Soggetto non controllato: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The female victim -- The female perpetrator -- The female detective.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this ground-breaking study, Sabine Binder analyses the complex ways in which female crime fictional victims, detectives and perpetrators in South African crime fiction resonate with widespread and persistent real crimes against women in post-apartheid South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of crime novels written over the last decade, Binder emphasises the genre’s feminist potential and critically maps its political work at the intersection of gender and race. Her study challenges the perception of crime fiction as a trivial genre and shows how, in South Africa at least, it provides a vibrant platform for social, cultural and ethical debates, exposing violence, misogyny and racism and shedding light on the problematics of law and justice for women faced with crime. Readership: All interested in crime fiction and its gender/racial political potential, its cultural relevance, its ethics and aesthetics, in South Africa and beyond.
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and Crime in Post-Transitional South African Crime Fiction
• ISBN: 90-04-43744-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476894503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Costerus ; ; Volume 230.