Overview
- Provides a multi-disciplinary exploration into Bangla crime writing through historical, literary and sociological lenses
- Investigates both canonical and lesser-known literary works to assess their treatment of the role of women within the narrative
- Explores the portrayal of women as both criminals and victims, throughout a range of colonial crime fiction
Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia (PACCJA)
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Book Title: Gender and Criminality in Bangla Crime Narratives
Book Subtitle: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Authors: Shampa Roy
Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51598-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-51597-1Published: 30 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-51598-8Published: 22 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2878
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2886
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 247
Topics: Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Gender, Sexuality and Law, Violence and Crime, Asian Literature, Human Rights and Crime