Książka Hard & Soft Tiina Mäntymäki

Hard & Soft

The Body of the Male Detective in Contemporary European Crime Fiction

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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How the bodies of six male crime fiction detectives are made to mean as gendered bodies within the s...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2009
strony
388
EAN
9783639160543
Enbook ID
06824492
Waga
596
Wymiary
150 x 220 x 24

Pełny opis

How the bodies of six male crime fiction detectives are made to mean as gendered bodies within the sphere of detectiveness, traditionally defined in terms of the male virtues of heroism and rationality, is discussed in this book. The book shows how embodiment, through reiteration, becomes constructive of the detectives' masculinities. The analysis focuses on the involvement of the penis, body form, ageing, eating, as well as the 'significant others' in the processes of masculinisation and shows how the blurring of hard & soft can lead to development, and how a crisis of masculinity can become a strategy of self-creation. In this book, crime fiction is treated as a technology of gender with the capacity to produce and reproduce discourses of masculinity. The comparative approach sheds light on the differences and the similarities in these discourses in the cultural contexts of Sweden, Finland, Scotland, Spain and Italy.

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