{"product_id":"sara-paretsky-detective-fiction-as-trauma-literature-9781526156044","title":"Sara Paretsky: Detective Fiction as Trauma","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSara Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky does more than this. Her novels also illustrate the extent to which detective fiction acts as a literature of trauma, allowing Paretsky to address the politics of agency in ways that go beyond the personal, for trauma always has a social and a political dimension. Paretsky’s work also exploits the way detective fiction mirrors the writing of history. Here, Paretsky uses the form to expose the partiality of historical accounts – whether they be personal, institutional, or national – that authorise ‘forgetting’ of a particularly insidious kind. Significantly, all these issues are explored within the framework of the traditional hard-boiled detective novel. As a result, Paretsky’s achievement forces us to acknowledge the deeply subversive potential of detective fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Repositioning the debate\u003cbr\u003e2. Sexual politics and agency\u003cbr\u003e3. Community and empowerment\u003cbr\u003e4. Global capital and marginality\u003cbr\u003e5. Destabilising the status quo\u003cbr\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041020576087,"sku":"9781526156044","price":17.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526156044.jpg?v=1750948627","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sara-paretsky-detective-fiction-as-trauma-literature-9781526156044","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}