Feminist crime fiction : an examination of embodied feminist intentions in Denise Mina’s The Field of Blood (2005)


Autoria(s): Emanuel, Elizabeth
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

The writing of award winning tartan noir author, Denise Mina, “crime queen of Glasgow” has been identified with “explicitly feminist politics,” and Mina herself claims, as a feminist, she wants to use crime fiction to present a “narrative about very disempowered people becoming empowered.” This paper explores how Mina’s avowed stance on feminism plays out in her novel, The Field of Blood (2005), and examines whether her concerns are reflected in the embodied actions of her young protagonist, would-be investigative journalist, Paddy Meehan. It asks whether Mina has succeeded in working against entrenched patriarchal codes of crime fiction’s dominant narrative construction or whether her feminist intentions have been undermined by traditional stereotypical conventions of the genre.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69633/

Publicador

Central Queensland University, Faculty of Informatics and Communication

Relação

http://ejournalist.com.au/v13n1/Emanuel.pdf

Emanuel, Elizabeth (2013) Feminist crime fiction : an examination of embodied feminist intentions in Denise Mina’s The Field of Blood (2005). eJournalist : a peer reviewed media journal, 13(1), pp. 117-129.

Fonte

Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts

Palavras-Chave #190402 Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting)
Tipo

Journal Article