Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction : Citizenship, Gender and Ethnicity.
Grydehøj, Anne.
Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction : Citizenship, Gender and Ethnicity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (180 pages) - International Crime Fictions Series . - International Crime Fictions Series .
Intro -- 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 Identities in the Twenty-first Century -- PART II: Gender and Genre -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the femikrimi and 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.
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.
9781786837202
Detective and mystery stories, French.
Detective and mystery stories, French-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ1276.D4 G793 2021
839.53087209
Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction : Citizenship, Gender and Ethnicity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (180 pages) - International Crime Fictions Series . - International Crime Fictions Series .
Intro -- 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 Identities in the Twenty-first Century -- PART II: Gender and Genre -- 3. Gender and Sexuality in the femikrimi and 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.
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.
9781786837202
Detective and mystery stories, French.
Detective and mystery stories, French-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PQ1276.D4 G793 2021
839.53087209