Description
| Product ID: | 9780367787301 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies |
| Title: | Policing Gender and Alicia Gimenez Bartlett's Crime Fiction |
| Authors: | Author: Nina L. Molinaro |
| Page Count: | 186 |
| Subjects: | Language: reference and general, Language: reference & general, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Popular culture, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Popular culture, Gender studies: women |
| Description: | Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s popular crime series, organized around the exploits of Police Inspector Petra Delicado and Deputy Inspector Fermin Garzon, is arguably the most successful detective series in Spain of the last three decades. Nina L. Molinaro examines the tensions between the rhetoric of gender differences espoused by the woman detecti Alicia Giménez Bartlett’s popular crime series, written in Spanish and organized around the exploits of Police Inspector Petra Delicado and Deputy Inspector Fermin Garzon, is arguably the most successful detective series published in Spain during the previous three decades. Nina L. Molinaro examines the tensions between the rhetoric of gender differences espoused by the woman detective and the orthodox ideology of the police procedural. She argues that even as the series incorporates gender differences into the crime series formula, it does so in order to correct women, naturalize men’s authority, sanction social hierarchies, and assuage collective anxieties. As Molinaro shows, with the exception of the protagonist, the women characters require constant surveillance and modification, often as a result of men’s supposedly intrinsic protectiveness or excessive sexuality. Men, by contrast, circulate more freely in the fictional world and are intrinsic to the political, psychological, and economic prosperity of their communities. Molinaro situates her discussion in Petra Delicado’s contemporary Spain of dog owners, ¡Hola!, Russian cults, and gated communities. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-31 |
