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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klein, Kathleen Gregory, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1995.
Edition:2nd ed., Illini Books ed.
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