Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, in which women have featured as victims, perpetrators or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women through detective stories, plays and novels.
| ISBN: | 9781403916839 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2003 |
| Author: | Frances Gray |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 216 pages |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Gender studies, gender groups Crime and criminology Fiction |