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Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction

part of the Crime Files series

About Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction

This book fills a gap in both literary and feminist scholarship by offering the first major study of femme fatales in hardboiled crime fiction. Maysaa Jaber shows that the criminal literary figures in the genre open up powerful spaces for imagining female agency in direct opposition to the constraining forces of patriarchy and misogyny.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781137356468
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 216
  • Published:
  • October 31, 2015
  • Edition:
  • 12016
  • Dimensions:
  • 223x145x18 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 412 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: November 21, 2024

Description of Criminal Femmes Fatales in American Hardboiled Crime Fiction

This book fills a gap in both literary and feminist scholarship by offering the first major study of femme fatales in hardboiled crime fiction. Maysaa Jaber shows that the criminal literary figures in the genre open up powerful spaces for imagining female agency in direct opposition to the constraining forces of patriarchy and misogyny.

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