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Murder by the book? Feminism and the crime novel

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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:20 authored by Sally Munt
Murder by the Book? is a thorough - and thoroughly enjoyable - look at the blossoming genre of the feminist crime novel in Britain and the United States. Sally R. Munt asks why the form has proven so attractive as a vehicle for oppositional politics; whether the pleasures of detective fiction can be truly transgressive; and when exactly it was that the dyke detective appeared as the new super-hero for today. Along the way Munt poses some critical questions about the relations between fiction and activism, politics and representations, the writer and the reader. This will be an important book both for addicts of the genre and for students and their students.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Routledge

Pages

262.0

Place of publication

London and New York

ISBN

9780415109192

Series

Narrative Forms and Social Formations

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  • Media and Film Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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