Feminism in women's detective fiction /edited by Glenwood Irons. 

 - Toronto [Ontario] ;  Buffalo [New York] :  University of Toronto Press,  (c)1995. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiv, 192 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Gender and genre : the woman detective and the diffusion of generic voices --  Amelia Butterworth : the spinster detective /  The detective heroine and the death of her hero : Dorothy Sayers to P.D. James /  Gray areas : P.D. James's unsuiting of Cordelia /  Questing women : the feminist mystery after feminism /  From spinster to hipster : the 'suitability' of Miss Marple and Anna Lee /  Nancy Drew : the once and future prom queen /  Feminist murder : Amanda Cross reinvents womanhood /  Murders academic : women professors and the crimes of gender /  Talkin' trash and kickin' butt : Sue Grafton's hard-boiled feminism /  The female dick and the crisis of heterosexuality /  'Friends is a weak word for it': female friendship and the spectre of lebianism in Sara Paretsky /  Habeass corpus: feminism and detective fiction /  Joan Warthling Roberts --  SueEllen Campbell --  Nicola Nixon --  Sandra Tomc --  Glenwood Irons and Joan Warthling Roberts --  Bobbie Ann Mason --  Jeanne Addison Roberts --  Susan J. Leonardi --  Scott Christianson --  Ann Wilson --  Rebecca A. Pope --  Kathleen Gregory Klein. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442623088 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.<br/>Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.<br/>Feminism and literature--History--English-speaking countries--20th century.<br/>Women and literature--History--English-speaking countries--20th century.<br/>American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>Feminist fiction, American--History and criticism.<br/>Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.<br/>English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>American fiction--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.<br/>Feminism and literature.<br/>English fiction--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR830  / .F465 1995