Women and Crime in Post-Transitional South African Crime Fiction: A Study of Female Victims, Perpetrators and Detectives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004437432)

In this ground-breaking study, Sabine Binder analyses the complex ways in which female crime fictional victims, detectives and perpetrators in South African crime fiction resonate with widespread and persistent real crimes against women in post-apartheid South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of crime novels written over the last decade, Binder emphasises the genre's feminist potential and critically maps its political work at the intersection of gender and race. Her study challenges the perception of crime fiction as a trivial genre and shows how, in South Africa at least, it provides a vibrant platform for social, cultural and ethical debates, exposing violence, misogyny and racism and shedding light on the problematics of law and justice for women faced with crime.

Author: Sabine Binder
ISBN-10: 9004437436
ISBN-13: 9789004437432
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2020
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.63d