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German Queer Crime Fiction - Feminist Politics, Justice and Desire (Paperback)
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German Queer Crime Fiction - Feminist Politics, Justice and Desire (Paperback)
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A marriage of mystery fiction and queer concerns, queer crime
literature celebrates the pairing of the political and the sexual.
Queer crime fiction is a subgenre in which sex, gender and
sexuality are among the mysteries to be solved. Its writers use
boundary-crossing identities and desires to express social
critique, inviting readers to interpret queer narratives as
literary incursions into cultural traditions. From androgynous
investigators and serial killer housewives to closeted lesbians and
transgendered lovers, the characters in queer mysteries are
metaphors for changing social and political relations. This book
reads German-language crime stories as allegories about 20th- and
21st-century upheavals, raising questions about human behaviour and
justice, the horrors of extremism, the changing shape of the
nation, and the possibilities of democracy. Anchored in the
historical contexts of protest cultures and countercultures of the
last three decades, this study examines novels by popular feminist
writers Pieke Biermann, Edith Kneifl and Ingrid Noll, and
unexplored works by Susanne Billig, Gabriele Gelien, Corinna
Kawaters, Katrin Kremmler, Christine Lehmann and Martina-Marie
Liertz. An analysis of recent debates through the lens of genre
fiction serves as the foundation for telling the cultural history
of contemporary Germany, Austria and Europe as a whole from a new
perspective.
General
Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
April 2014 |
Authors: |
Faye Stewart
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-7845-3 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-7864-7845-4 |
Barcode: |
9780786478453 |
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