Re: RARA-AVIS: Feminine Detectives and the Challenge of Hardboiledness

From: JIM DOHERTY ( jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com)
Date: 31 Jul 2003


Jay,

Re your question below:

> My question is simply,
> can the genre be
> considered to subordinate a compassionate,
> community centered female
> solution
> to a stoic, aggressive response of the male hero
> who must act alone,
> outside the law, and in isolation from females,
> even those he admires?

No.

JIM DOHERTY

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