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Informationen zum Autor Phyllis M. Betz is an associate professor of English at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has written three books examining genre fiction written by lesbians. She lives in Burlington, New Jersey. Klappentext This work examines how lesbian detective and mystery fiction represents lesbian characters and experience within the confines of the genre. As this book points out, such fiction reveals the lesbian's increasing visibility in the wider society. Nevertheless, it can still be difficult to find a complete representation of lesbian life in mainstream literature. Often the best place to find the lesbian represented in books is within the pages of genre fiction--especially the detective story. This book looks at how the lesbian characters' public and private lives intersect--often at the point of coming out, or of moving from isolation to connection with the community. Also considered is the lesbian detective's typical confrontation with two crucial elements of the investigator's role: the use of violence and the acquisition and expression of authority within police systems. Other topics of discussion include the cultural environments in which the stories are situated, and the use of humor as a key weapon in the lesbian detective's investigative arsenal. Zusammenfassung Offers an analysis of the matter of lesbian detective fiction - its content! characters! and structures - and the motive for lesbians reading detective fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Reading Lesbians, Reading Mystery List of Authors and Characters 1. Solving Crime, Resolving Passion 2. Having Sex, Finding Love 3. Playing the Boys' Game 4. Lesbian Tough Guys 5. Marginal Values 6. Real Time, Gay Time Conclusion: Gathering the Evidence Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
