UID:
edocfu_9960964009402883
Format:
1 online resource (258 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-78683-719-6
Series Statement:
International Criminal Court briefing series
Content:
Through a comparative analysis of twelve literary case studies, this book investigates societal discourses relating to citizenship, class, gender and ethnicity within the structures of the Scandinavian welfare state and French Republican universalism.
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Structure of Crime Fiction Revolutions -- 1. Social and Literary Models in Crisis -- 2. Individual and Collective Identitiesin the Twenty-first Century -- Part II: Gender and Genre -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the femikrimiand the polar au féminin -- 4. The Figure of the Prostitute -- Part III: Cultures in Migration -- 5. Bled and Banlieue in French Crime Fiction -- 6. Self and Other in Scandinavian Crime Fiction -- Conclusion: Closing the Case -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
Language:
English
