Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction: Repeat Offenders in the 21st Century

Spanish Women Authors of Serial Crime Fiction: Repeat Offenders in the 21st Century
ISBN-10
1527559963
ISBN-13
9781527559967
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
284
Language
English
Published
2020-09-23
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Authors
Inmaculada Pertusa-Seva, Melissa A. Stewart

Description

With its focus on recent detective series featuring female investigators, this collection analyzes the authors’ treatment of current social, political and economic problems in Spain and beyond, in addition to exploring interrelations between gender, globalization, the environment and technology. The contributions here reveal the varied ways in which the use of a series allows for a deeper consideration of such issues, in addition to permitting the more extensive development of the protagonist investigator and her reactions to, and methods of, dealing with personal and professional challenges of the twenty-first century. In these stories, the authors employ strategies that break with long-standing conventions, developing crime fiction in unexpected ways, incorporating elements of science fiction, the supernatural, and the historical novel, as well as varied geographical settings (small towns, provincial cities, and rural communities) beyond the urban environment, all of which contributes to the reinvigoration of the genre.

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