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Sara Paretsky's groundbreaking mystery series about Chicago private
investigator V.I. Warshawski debuted in 1982 and is still going
strong. As co-founder of Sisters in Crime (a worldwide organization
supporting women writers), as a sought-after public speaker and as
2015 president of the Mystery Writers of America, Paretsky
continues to open doors for other authors. This book is the first
comprehensive reference work on Paretsky, providing an overview of
the Warshawski novels and short stories, her other novels, a volume
of collected essays, her anthologies and journalism. Special
attention is paid to the character of Warshawski-the tough,
street-smart detective who challenges stereotypical representations
of women in crime fiction-and to the significance of the Chicago
setting she inhabits. Paretsky's pioneering work beyond the page is
covered. A guide to the scholarly and critical debates is included,
along with discussion of media adaptations and references to key
websites.
The idea that the period of social turbulence in the nineteenth
century was a consequence of the emergence of the powerful Zulu
kingdom under Shaka has been written about extensively as a central
episode of southern African history. Considerable dynamic debate
has focused on the idea that this period – the ‘mfecane’-
left much of the interior depopulated, thereby justifying white
occupation. One view is that ‘the time of troubles’ owed more
to the Delagoa Bay Slave trade and the demands of the labour-hungry
Cape colonists than to Shaka’s empire building. But is there
sufficient evidence to support the argument? The Mfecane Aftermath
investigates the very nature of historical debate and examines the
uncertain foundations of much of the previous historiography.
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