TY - BOOK ID - 7669973 TI - Feminism in women's detective fiction PY - 1995 SN - 0802069541 0802005195 144262308X 9781442623088 9780802005199 9780802069542 1442655631 PB - Toronto, Ont : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - American fiction KW - Detective and mystery stories, American KW - Detective and mystery stories, English KW - English fiction KW - Feminism and literature KW - Feminist fiction, American KW - Feminist fiction, English KW - Women and literature KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Women and literature |zEnglish-speaking countries |xHistory|y20th century KW - English-speaking countries KW - Thematology KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Literature KW - Paretsky, Sara KW - Grafton, Sue KW - English literature KW - American literature KW - Women authors&delete& KW - History and criticism KW - English-speaking countries. KW - Anglophone countries KW - ROMAN POLICIER AMERICAIN KW - ROMAN POLICIER ANGLAIS KW - ROMAN POLICIER CANADIEN (ANGLAIS) KW - ROMAN ANGLAIS KW - ROMAN AMERICAIN KW - ROMAN CANADIEN (ANGLAIS) KW - FEMMES POLICIERS DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - FEMINISME DANS LA LITTERATURE KW - HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE KW - FEMMES ECRIVAINS KW - Feminism KW - Literary genres KW - Writers KW - Images of women KW - Book KW - Detective novels UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7669973 AB - Names such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and Sam Spade are perhaps better known than the names of the authors who created them. The woman detective has also had worldwide appeal; yet, with the exception of Christie's Miss Marple, the names of female detectives and their authors have only recently gained wide attention through the popularity of Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton, and Sara Paretsky.The essays in this collection grapple with a wide range of issues important to the female sleuth - the most important, perhaps, being the oft-heard challenge to her suitability for the job. Not surprisingly, gender issues are the main focus of all the essays; indeed, in detective novels with a woman protagonist, these issues are often right at the surface.Some of the papers see the female sleuth as an important force in popular fiction, but many also challenge the notion that the woman detective is a positive model for feminists. They argue that fictional female sleuths have lost the `otherness' that a feminine approach to the genre should encourage. Collectively, the essays also reveal the differences between British and American perspectives on the woman detective. ER -