Vicky,
Not far from noir mystery ladies, there is a study made by
Catherine A. Thompson : FROM MARLOWE TO MILLHONE: THE
FEMINIZATION OF THE HARD-BOILED DETECTIVE. This is the text
of her thesis to obtain her Master of Arts degree at the
University od New Brunswick (Canada) in 1997. You may
download the full text at my Web site : HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES
Go to http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
and select the chapter : Women in HB literature
Its an essay about female writers and female characters, but
with the filter of a feminist view. Among other things, Miss
Thompson in this text analyses in more details the approach
and works by Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Sue Grafton, and
Karen Kijewski.
The abstract of the essay says:
As the title suggests, this thesis is a study of the changes
that have been wrought in hard-boiled detective fiction by
the influence of women, both writers and protagonists.
Drawing on the work of theorists such as Alice Jardine and
Laura Mulvey, the author examines some of the socio-economic
elements from which the genre sprang, the place of women in
those early novels, and the re-vision which began in the late
1970s. This thesis yields a new understanding of the genre.
It also constitutes an academic study of representative
novels by four of the most popular female authors of
detective ficiton working in the hard-boiled mode today, and
of their female protagonists.
I thought you could be interested.
E.Borgers HARD-BOILED MYSTERIES http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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