{"product_id":"9781526156044","title":"Sara Paretsky","description":"Author: Cynthia Hamilton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526156044\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Jun 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 200 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky's detective fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Paretsky is known for her influential \u003ci\u003eV.I. Warshawski\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920514793630,"sku":"ING-9781526156044","price":47.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526156044.jpg?v=1782822666","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526156044","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}