Framed : the new woman criminal in British culture at the Fin de Siecle /
Framed uses fin de siecle British crime narrative to pose the question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? The author addresses this question, examining popular literary and cinematic cul...
| Основен автор: | Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn, 1974- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library,
℗♭2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=310099 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Framed. |
| Резюме: |
Framed uses fin de siecle British crime narrative to pose the question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? The author addresses this question, examining popular literary and cinematic culture from roughly 1880 to 1914 to shed light on an otherwise overlooked social and cultural type: the conspicuously glamorous New Woman criminal. In so doing, she breaks with the many Foucauldian studies of crime to emphasize the genuinely subversive aspects of these popular female figures. Drawing on a rich body of archival material, Miller argues that the New Woman Criminal exploited iconic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commodity culture, including cosmetics and clothing, to fashion an illicit identity that enabled her to subvert legal authority in both the public and the private spheres. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography. |
| ISBN: |
9780472024469 0472024469 |