Killing Carmens
Women’s Crime Fiction from Spain
Distributed for University of Wales Press
- Contents

Series Editors’ Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 From Feminism to Post-Feminism: The Strange Case of the Female Detective
Introduction
The Feminist Private Eye: Maria-Antònia Oliver’s Lònia Guiu
The Post-Feminist Policía: Alicia Giménez-Bartlett’s Inspector Petra Delicado
Chapter 2 Mujeres que Mueren, Mujeres que Matan: Female Victims and Women Criminals
The Female Victim
Women Criminals
Chapter 3 The ‘Crime’ of National Repression: Crime Fictions by Catalan Women
Introduction
Early Catalan Women Detective Writers: Mercè Rodoreda and Maria Aurèlia Capmany
Re-writing the Espionage Thriller: Anna Grau and Assumpta Maresma
Gender Nation
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index
Literature and Literary Criticism: Romance Languages
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