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Informed by fourth-wave feminism, Crime Fiction in the Age of #MeToo presents a compelling and timely reading of crime fiction in the age of #MeToo. The book explores five major fourth-wave feminist topics, #MeToo, rape culture, toxic masculinity, LBGTQ+ perspectives, and transgender. These topics have been the subject of intense feminist scrutiny and campaigning, and the book demonstrates how this attention is reflected in contemporary crime fiction and its generic and thematic preoccupations. The book opens with a chapter presenting an overview of existing critical perspectives and feminist debates, demonstrating how fourth-wave feminist ideas and debates are inspiring innovations in the genre, as well as generating fresh ways of reading past and present crime fictions. Providing an overview and context for both fourth-wave feminism and the #MeToo movement, the chapter establishes the critical and cultural framework for its analysis. The chapter also outlines the book's methodology and approach, detailing the contents of the chapters.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Reading Crime Fiction Through Fourth-Wave Feminism and #MeToo; Chapter 2: #MeToo in Josephine Tey's The Franchise Affair, Lauren Henderson's "MeToo," Susan White's Cut, and Jennifer Haigh's Mercy Street; Chapter 3: Rape Culture in Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's Roseanna, Allison Leotta's The Last Good Girl, Y. A. Erskine's The Betrayal, and Heather Fitt's Open Your Eyes; Chapter 4: Toxic Masculinity in Agatha Christie's A Caribbean Mystery, John Harvey's "Yesterdays," Dorothy Koomson's The Brighton Mermaid, and Pekka Hiltunen's "Jenkem"; Chapter 5: LGBTQ+ Representation in Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Nekesa Afia's Dead Dead Girls, Michael Nava's Lies With Man, and Stella Duffy's Fresh Flesh; Chapter 6: Transgender in Val McDermid's The Mermaids Singing, Alex Reeve's The House on Half Moon Street, V. T. Davy's Black Art, and Dharma Kelleher's TERF Wars; Conclusion: #MeToo and Crime Fiction
About the author
Charlotte Beyer is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at University of Gloucestershire, UK. She is a crime fiction specialist and has published widely on contemporary literature, feminism, and pedagogy.
