Policing Gender and Alicia Gimenez Bartletts Crime Fiction |
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| Author:
| Molinaro, Nina L. |
| Series edited by:
| Cruz, Anne J. |
| Series title: | New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4724-5705-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $104.95 |
Book Description:
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Alicia Giménez Bartlett's popular crime series, organized around the exploits of Police Inspector Petra Delicado and Deputy Inspector Fermín Garzón, is arguably the most successful detective series in Spain of the last three decades. Nina L. Molinaro examines the tensions between the rhetoric of gender differences espoused by the woman detective and the orthodox ideology of the police procedural, and she situates her discussion in Petra Delicado's contemporary Spain of dog owners,...
More DescriptionAlicia Giménez Bartlett's popular crime series, organized around the exploits of Police Inspector Petra Delicado and Deputy Inspector Fermín Garzón, is arguably the most successful detective series in Spain of the last three decades. Nina L. Molinaro examines the tensions between the rhetoric of gender differences espoused by the woman detective and the orthodox ideology of the police procedural, and she situates her discussion in Petra Delicado's contemporary Spain of dog owners, ¡Hola!, Russian cults, and gated communities.