lecturer in Italian studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

This essay explores how the fictional female detective of Dorothy L. Sayers works outside normative gender conventions of the interwar years. By positing a female character who can become a detective, Sayers allows both Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey to break and redefine social expectations of mascu...

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Publicado en:	Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company) Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 19 - 29
Autor principal:	Beresford-Sheridan, Sally
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	McFarland & Company, Inc. Fall2018
Materias:	Women detectives in literature Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957 Interwar Period (1918-1939) Gender stereotypes Social commentary Fictional characters
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Sumario:	This essay explores how the fictional female detective of Dorothy L. Sayers works outside normative gender conventions of the interwar years. By positing a female character who can become a detective, Sayers allows both Harriet Vane and Peter Wimsey to break and redefine social expectations of masculine behaviors, feminine behaviors, and gender stereotypes.