Search for dissertations about: "crime fiction"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words crime fiction.

2. 1. Hard & Soft : The Male Detective´s Body in Contemporary European Crime Fiction

   Author : Tiina Mäntymäki; Frank Baasner; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : popular culture; crime fiction; gender; masculinity; male body; detektivromaner; manlighet; mansbilden; kropp; litteraturvetenskap; genus; historia; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : In the thesis popular culture is treated as an important site of meaningcreation and crime fiction is studied as a social technology, as producing and reproducing strategies of engendering.The thesis is a comparative study of six crime fiction detectives from fiveEuropean countries: Sweden, Finland, Scotland, Spain, and Italy. READ MORE