附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index.
Cover -- NARRATIVE FORMS AND SOCIAL FORMATIONS -- MURDER BY THE BOOK? -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 -- Masculinity and masquerade or 'Is that a gun in your pocket?' -- 2 -- The New Woman-a sheep in wolves' clothing? -- 3 -- A case of 'death by political correction'? -- 4 -- 'A change is gonna come'? -- 5 -- The inverstigators -- 6 -- Murdering the inner man? -- 7 -- 'What does it mean to sing "somewhere over the rainbow" and release balloons?' -- 8 -- An unsuitable genre for a woman? -- Notes -- Fictional bibliography -- Critical bibliography -- Index.
摘要:A thorough - and thoroughly enjoyable - look at the genre of the feminist crime novel in Britain and the United States. A pioneering work in the field and an indispensable guide for readers and scholars of the genre.