Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, in which women have featured as victims, perpetrators or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women through detective stories, plays and novels.

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University of Sheffield, UK

Frances Gray

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FRANCES GRAY is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Drama at the University of Sheffield. She has lectured at Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, and at the University of Lodz. Her previous books include John Arden, Noel Coward and Women and Laughter. She is also a playwright for both the stage and radio and holds two Radio Times Awards.

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Book Title: Women, Crime and Language
Authors: Frances Gray
Editors: Jo Campling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230500167
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1683-9Published: 07 August 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51304-8Published: 02 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50016-7Published: 07 August 2003
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 216
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Gender Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Fiction

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