num_pages: 240
description: Can a gumshoe wear high heels? In a genre long dominated by men, women are now taking their place-as authors and as characters-alongside hard-boiled legends like Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. Hardboiled and High Heeled examines the meteoric rise of the female detective in contemporary film, television, and literature.Richly illustrated and written with a fan's love of the genre, Hardboiled and High Heeled is an essential introduction to women in detective fiction, from past to present, from pulp fiction to blockbuster films.
language: English
title: Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture
titlecomplete: Hardboiled and High Heeled: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Routledge