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Author Mizejewski, Linda

Title Hardboiled and High Heeled : the Woman Detective in Popular Culture
Published London : Routledge, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (215 pages)
Contents BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 WATCHING THE WOMEN DETECTIVES; 2 PICTURING THE BEST-SELLER LIST; 3 JIGGLE, CAMP, AND COUPLES; 4 UNDER SUSPICION; 5 WOMEN DETECTIVES ON FILM; 6 ACTION BODIES; 7 CLARICE AND HER FANS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women detectives in mass media.
Women detectives in mass media.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203489789
0203489780