Female Anger in Crime Fiction

"This Element will explore the ethics and efficacy of anger in female-centered crime fiction from its first stirrings in the 19th century through second wave feminism's angry, individualist heroes until today's current explosion of women who reject respectability and justification"--

List of contents

1. Foreword; 2. Mad?; 3. Using It; 4. Losing It; 5. Epilogue.

Summary

This Element will explore the ethics and efficacy of anger in female-centered crime fiction from its first stirrings in the 19th century through second wave feminism's angry, individualist heroes until today's current explosion of women who reject respectability and justification.

Foreword

This Element seeks to understand if women have and should give up on justice.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Reitz, Caroline (John Jay College of Criminal Just Reitz, Reitz Caroline
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009358675
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935867-5
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in Crime Narratives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Feminism and feminist theory, Literature: history and criticism