Female Investigators:
While the crime genre may have seemed as purely masculine for the greater part of its history, feminist critics looking for the roots of female crime writing have found a rich history of both the woman crime writer as well as the woman detective. Since the 1980s there has been not only a pronounced...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of Pardubice
2022-12-01
|
Series: | American and British Studies Annual |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2432 |
_version_ | 1797832611527131136 |
---|---|
author | Šárka Bubíková Olga Roebuck |
author_facet | Šárka Bubíková Olga Roebuck |
author_sort | Šárka Bubíková |
collection | DOAJ |
description |
While the crime genre may have seemed as purely masculine for the greater part of its history, feminist critics looking for the roots of female crime writing have found a rich history of both the woman crime writer as well as the woman detective. Since the 1980s there has been not only a pronounced resurgence of interest in crime fiction, but also a boom of female detectives created by female writers. Focusing on works by Robert Galbraith, Denise Mina, Linda Barnes, Dana Stabenow and S. J. Rozan, this article explores some of the ways the traditionally masculine private eye subgenre can be appropriated to accommodate a female protagonist. Comparing a variety of protagonists and narrative strategies, it further argues that, perhaps paradoxically, the originally dominantly masculine hardboiled PI tradition seems well accommodating to female (even feminist) appropriations.
|
first_indexed | 2024-04-09T14:10:37Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-195783d24213497ba6dc1d734a1da8b3 |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 1803-6058 2788-2233 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-04-09T14:10:37Z |
publishDate | 2022-12-01 |
publisher | University of Pardubice |
record_format | Article |
series | American and British Studies Annual |
spelling | doaj.art-195783d24213497ba6dc1d734a1da8b32023-05-06T14:00:06ZengUniversity of PardubiceAmerican and British Studies Annual1803-60582788-22332022-12-011510.46585/absa.2022.15.2432Female Investigators:Šárka Bubíková0Olga Roebuck1University of PardubiceUniversity of Pardubice While the crime genre may have seemed as purely masculine for the greater part of its history, feminist critics looking for the roots of female crime writing have found a rich history of both the woman crime writer as well as the woman detective. Since the 1980s there has been not only a pronounced resurgence of interest in crime fiction, but also a boom of female detectives created by female writers. Focusing on works by Robert Galbraith, Denise Mina, Linda Barnes, Dana Stabenow and S. J. Rozan, this article explores some of the ways the traditionally masculine private eye subgenre can be appropriated to accommodate a female protagonist. Comparing a variety of protagonists and narrative strategies, it further argues that, perhaps paradoxically, the originally dominantly masculine hardboiled PI tradition seems well accommodating to female (even feminist) appropriations. https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2432Crime fictionhardboiledfemale PIRobert GalbraithDenise MinaLinda Barnes |
spellingShingle | Šárka Bubíková Olga Roebuck Female Investigators: American and British Studies Annual Crime fiction hardboiled female PI Robert Galbraith Denise Mina Linda Barnes |
title | Female Investigators: |
title_full | Female Investigators: |
title_fullStr | Female Investigators: |
title_full_unstemmed | Female Investigators: |
title_short | Female Investigators: |
title_sort | female investigators |
topic | Crime fiction hardboiled female PI Robert Galbraith Denise Mina Linda Barnes |
url | https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2432 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT sarkabubikova femaleinvestigators AT olgaroebuck femaleinvestigators |