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Female Anger in Crime Fiction

Female Anger in Crime Fiction

Female Anger in Crime Fiction

Caroline Reitz, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center
December 2024
Available
Paperback
9781009358675

    Feminist anger is having a moment, but the double meaning of 'mad' as angry and crazy has shaped the representation of women in popular crime fiction since Lady Audley burned down the house over 150 years ago. But when is anger just, when is it revenge, and when is it maddening? 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. It will also examine recent challenges to our understanding of the genre posed both by feminist care ethics and by intersectional crime fiction. This Element considers anger as the appropriate affect for women fighting for justice and explores how it shapes the representation of female detectives, relates to the crimes they investigate, and complicates ideas around justice.

    Product details

    December 2024
    Paperback
    9781009358675
    78 pages
    230 × 150 × 5 mm
    0.128kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Foreword
    • 2. Mad?
    • 3. Using It
    • 4. Losing It
    • 5. Epilogue.
      Author
    • Caroline Reitz , John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center