Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
Electronic Book
Author Binder, Sabine, author.

Title Women and crime in post-transitional South African crime fiction : a study of female victims, perpetrators and detectives / by Sabine Binder.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Costerus new series, 0165-9618 ; volume 230
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The female victim -- The female perpetrator -- The female detective.
Note Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Summary In this ground-breaking study, Sabine Binder analyses the complex ways in which female crime fictional victims, detectives and perpetrators in South African crime fiction resonate with widespread and persistent real crimes against women in post-apartheid South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of crime novels written over the last decade, Binder emphasises the genre's feminist potential and critically maps its political work at the intersection of gender and race. Her study challenges the perception of crime fiction as a trivial genre and shows how, in South Africa at least, it provides a vibrant platform for social, cultural and ethical debates, exposing violence, misogyny and racism and shedding light on the problematics of law and justice for women faced with crime.
Subject Detective and mystery stories, South African (English) -- History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Victims of crimes in literature.
Female offenders in literature.
Women detectives in literature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Criminelles dans la littérature.
Inspectrices de police dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Detective and mystery stories, South African (English)
Female offenders in literature
Victims of crimes in literature
Women detectives in literature
Women in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Binder, Sabine. Women and crime in post-transitional South African crime fiction. Leiden ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021] 9789004437432 (DLC) 2020036513
ISBN 9789004437449 (ebook)
9004437444
9789004437432 (hardback)
Standard No. AU@ 000069443967

 
    
Available items only