Gender and Criminality in Bangla Crime Narratives: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

1. Plotting Crimes: Early Crime Writings in Bangla and their Contexts.- 2. Bleak Houses: Domestic Dystopias and Crimes in Bankim's Bishbrikhha and Krishnakanta's Will.- 3. Wanton Wives and Widows: Investigating Female Bodies in the Daroga Accounts of Priyanath Mukhopadhyay.- 4. Deviant by Design: Female Criminals in the Daroga Accounts of Priyanath Mukhopadhyay.- 5. Detection and Desire: Male Goyendas and their Female Bette-Noirs in the Early Bangla Detective Novels


Author: Shampa Roy
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/30/2017
Pages: 247
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9781137515971

About the Author
Dr. Shampa Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Miranda House, University of Delhi, India. Roy has published on varied subjects ranging from the problems of postcolonial pedagogy to Victorian memsahibs' writings. Her recent research interests focus on nineteenth century Bangla writings and crime fictions.