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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.

Hannibal (Film) --- Hannibal (motion picture) --- Silence des Agneaux, Le (Film) --- Silence of the Lambs (Film) --- Silence of the Lambs (Motion picture) --- Women private investigators --- Fictitious characters --- Detective and mystery stories --- Femmes détectives --- Femmes détectives au cinéma --- Personnages fictifs --- Roman policier --- Fiction --- In motion pictures --- History and criticism --- Romans, nouvelles, etc. --- Histoire et critique --- Sociology of culture --- Film --- Thematology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Mass communications --- Women detectives in mass media --- Mass media --- Fictitious characters. --- United States --- Grafton, Sue --- Criticism and interpretation --- Cornwell, Patricia --- Detective and mystery films --- X-Files (television program) --- Women in motion pictures --- Women in television --- Women detectives in mass media. --- Movies --- Literature --- Popular culture --- Television --- Images of women --- Book --- Detective novels