German Feminist Queer Crime Fiction: Politics, Justice and Desire

Synopsis

This Book Reads German-language Crime Stories As Allegories About 20th- And 21st-century Upheavals, Raising Questions About Human Behavior And Justice, The Horrors Of Extremism, The Changing Shape Of The Nation, And The Possibilities Of Democracy. This Study Examines Novels By Popular Feminist Writers, And Unexplored Works-- Introduction: The Queer Crime Genre -- Detecting Scattered Feminisms: Politics And Activism In West German Mysteries -- National Pathologies: Psychological Thrillers As Cultural Critiques -- When A Woman Loves A Man: The Politics Of Desire In Romance And Crime Fiction -- Transnational Narrators Undercover: Queer Feminist Critiques Of Globalization -- Conclusions: Writing Queer Crime Into The Twenty-first Century. Faye Stewart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.