Women and Crime in Post-Transitional South African Crime Fiction : A Study of Female Victims, Perpetrators and Detectives

In this ground-breaking study, Sabine Binder analyses the complex ways in which female crime fictional victims, detectives and perpetrators in South African crime fiction resonate with widespread and persistent real crimes against women in post-apartheid South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of crim...

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Main Author: Binder, Sabine (auth)
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Published: Brill 2020
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