Hardboiled & High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture

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Psychology Press, 2004 - 228 pages
Can a gumshoe wear high heels? In a genre long dominated by men, women are now taking their place-as authors and as characters-alongside hard-boiled legends like Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. Hardboiled and High Heeled examines the meteoric rise of the female detective in contemporary film, television, and literature.

Richly illustrated and written with a fan's love of the genre, Hardboiled and High Heeled is an essential introduction to women in detective fiction, from past to present, from pulp fiction to blockbuster films.
 

Table des matières

Watching the Women Detectives
21
Jiggle Camp and Couples
53
89
72
Women and Mystery in 1990s Television
89
Women Detectives on Film
113
Action Bodies
141
Clarice and Her Fans
173
Notes
199
Bibliography
215
Index
223
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Linda Mizejewski is Professor of English and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at Ohio State University. She is author of Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture and Cinema and Divine Decadence: Fascism, Female Spectacle, and the Makings of Sally Bowles. She lives in Columbus, Ohio.

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