Gender and Representation in British 'Golden Age' Crime Fiction By Megan Hoffman Hardcover 1137536659 9781137536655 Gender and Representation in British Golden Age Crime Fiction This book provides an original and compelling analysis of the ways in which British womens golden age crime narratives negotiate the conflicting social and cultural forces that influenced depictions of gender in popular culture in the 1920s until the late 1940s. The book explores a wide variety of texts produced both by writers who have been the focus of a relatively large amount of critical attention, such as Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Margery Allingham, but also those who have received comparatively little, such as Christianna Brand, Ngaio Marsh, Gladys Mitchell, Josephine Tey and Patricia Wentworth. Through its original readings, this book explores the ambivalent nature of modes of femininity depicted in golden age crime fiction, and shows that seemingly conservative resolutions are often attempts to provide a modern yet safe solution to the conflicts raised in the texts.

And shows that seemingly conservative resolutions are often attempts to provide a modern yet safe solution to the conflicts raised in the texts Gender and Representation in British Golden Age Crime FictionHoffman covers a lot of ground in her discussion of crime writing by female authors as a means of exploring and critiquing the changing ways of performing heteronormative femininity from 1920 to the End of WW2 She argues her point very well that highly generative genres like locked room mysteries or spy conspiracy adventure stories are much better suited to transgress gender conventions than psychologically or and stylistically nuanced novel type mysteries Unfortunately.

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This book provides an original and compelling analysis of the ways in which British women s golden age crime narratives negotiate the conflicting social and cultural forces that influenced depictions of gender in popular culture in the 1920s until the late 1940s The book explores a wide variety of texts produced both by writers who have been the focus of a relatively large amount of critical attention such as Agatha Christie Dorothy L Sayers and Margery Allingham but also those who have received comparatively little such as Christianna Brand Ngaio Marsh Gladys Mitchell Josephine Tey and Patricia Wentworth Through its original readings this book explores the ambivalent nature of modes of femininity depicted in golden age crime fiction she stops at drawing some general observations from these insights on the interrelatedness of literary and social forms The book is written for an academic readership but it avoids very successfully to be a tedious read If your a reader of Golden Age crime fiction looking for some social historical background Hoffman gives you a concise overview of the changes in law and in social and economical roles women achieved through the first half of the 20th century in the UK and how these are influential for and in the development of the classical Golden Age crime novel BUT This book is by its nature full of spoilers Gender and Representation in British Golden Age Crime Fiction For my full review click on my link below Gender and Representation in British Golden Age Crime Fiction

Gender and Representation in British 'Golden Age' Crime Fiction By Megan Hoffman

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9781137536655

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