Woman Detective: Gender

by Kathleen Gregory Klein

Kathleen Gregory Klein traces female paid, professional private investigators in British, Canadian, and American novels, revealing that the detective novel is both a reflection of and potential barrier to social change for women. This edition adds sixty new female private eyes to the roster and includes an afterword that assesses the current state of the genre's new and old novels. A comprehensive bibliography and a character list update the field through mid-1994.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252015223
• ISBN13: 9780252015229
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A worth book to have

It deals with professional detective women from English and American detective stories from the beginning to almost the end of the XX century. Very well written - clear and logical style. Very good source for researchers (and not) on the topics women detective, feminism criticism.