The woman detective : gender & genre /
Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and incl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
1995.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., Illini Books ed. |
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| Summary: | Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 282 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-272) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0252064631 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 9780252064630 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |