Framed : the new woman criminal in British culture at the Fin de Siècle /
Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn, 1974-,
Framed : the new woman criminal in British culture at the Fin de Siècle / Elizabeth Carolyn Miller. - 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Private and public eyes : Sherlock Holmes and the invisible woman -- Beautiful for ever! cosmetics, consumerism, L.T. Meade, and Madame Rachel -- The limits of the gaze : class, gender, and authority in early British cinema -- Dynamite, interrupted : gender in James's and Conrad's novels of failed terror -- "An invitation to dynamite" : female revolutionaries in late-Victorian dynamite narrative.
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Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose the question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? The author addresses this question, examining popular literary and cinematic culture from roughly 1880 to 1914 to shed light on an otherwise overlooked social and cultural type: the conspicuously glamorous New Woman criminal. In so doing, she breaks with the many Foucauldian studies of crime to emphasize the genuinely subversive aspects of these popular female figures. Drawing on a rich body of archival material, Miller argues that the New Woman Criminal exploited iconic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commodity culture, including cosmetics and clothing, to fashion an illicit identity that enabled her to subvert legal authority in both the public and the private spheres.
Electronic reproduction.
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2010.
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English.
9780472024469 0472024469 9780472900473 0472900471 1282445243 9781282445246 9786612445248 6612445246
10.3998/dcbooks.5899811.0001.001
22573/ctv63t00c JSTOR
2008015026
GBA8D2132 bnb
Uk
Geschichte 1880-1900.
1800-1899
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Female offenders in literature.
Terrorism in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Feminism and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Women in popular culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Detective and mystery films.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
English fiction.
Female offenders in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Literature and society.
Terrorism in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Literatur
Weibliche Kriminelle
Kultur
Weibliche Kriminelle
Frauenkriminalität--Motiv--Roman--englischer.
Roman--Motiv--Frauenkriminalität.--englischer
Kriminalliteratur--englische.
Kriminalfilm--Grossbritannien.
Kriminalliteratur--englische--Geschichte 19. Jh.
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PR878.D4 / M55 2008eb
823/.087209
Framed : the new woman criminal in British culture at the Fin de Siècle / Elizabeth Carolyn Miller. - 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Private and public eyes : Sherlock Holmes and the invisible woman -- Beautiful for ever! cosmetics, consumerism, L.T. Meade, and Madame Rachel -- The limits of the gaze : class, gender, and authority in early British cinema -- Dynamite, interrupted : gender in James's and Conrad's novels of failed terror -- "An invitation to dynamite" : female revolutionaries in late-Victorian dynamite narrative.
Use copy Open Access
Framed uses fin de siècle British crime narrative to pose the question: why do female criminal characters tend to be alluring and appealing while fictional male criminals of the era are unsympathetic or even grotesque? The author addresses this question, examining popular literary and cinematic culture from roughly 1880 to 1914 to shed light on an otherwise overlooked social and cultural type: the conspicuously glamorous New Woman criminal. In so doing, she breaks with the many Foucauldian studies of crime to emphasize the genuinely subversive aspects of these popular female figures. Drawing on a rich body of archival material, Miller argues that the New Woman Criminal exploited iconic elements of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commodity culture, including cosmetics and clothing, to fashion an illicit identity that enabled her to subvert legal authority in both the public and the private spheres.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780472024469 0472024469 9780472900473 0472900471 1282445243 9781282445246 9786612445248 6612445246
10.3998/dcbooks.5899811.0001.001
22573/ctv63t00c JSTOR
2008015026
GBA8D2132 bnb
Uk
Geschichte 1880-1900.
1800-1899
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Female offenders in literature.
Terrorism in literature.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Feminism and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Literature and society--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Detective and mystery films--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Women in popular culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Consumption (Economics) in literature.
Detective and mystery films.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
English fiction.
Female offenders in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Literature and society.
Terrorism in literature.
Women in popular culture.
Literatur
Weibliche Kriminelle
Kultur
Weibliche Kriminelle
Frauenkriminalität--Motiv--Roman--englischer.
Roman--Motiv--Frauenkriminalität.--englischer
Kriminalliteratur--englische.
Kriminalfilm--Grossbritannien.
Kriminalliteratur--englische--Geschichte 19. Jh.
English Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
PR878.D4 / M55 2008eb
823/.087209