Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives
This nonfiction study traces the women detectives of radio drama and shows how popular entertainment framed female intelligence, independence, and mystery work.
Work Information
A detailed cultural history of women detectives on radio.
Using radio detective dramas from the 1930s through the 1950s, the book traces the lineage of female sleuths and the cultural work they performed. It is a richly researched study of media history.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Bearmanor Media
- Published
- 2009-05-30
- Pages
- 264 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 1.4 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781593934507
- ISBN-10
- 1593934505
- Price
- 5525 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Humor & Entertainment/Radio/General Broadcasting
This book examines radio and mystery drama from about 1932 to the genre's final appearance in the late 1950's. While its focus is on women detectives, French provides minute and fascinating details about dozens of mystery programs and includes a comprehensive listing of source material ranging from magazine articles, to dime detective novels, to film noir. Each lady detective appearing under one of eight cleverly conceived categories gets handsome, multi-page treatment. The author traces the chronological appearance of the subject's show, examines the program's history and origins, and details with substantial documentation the manner of the show's presentation and production. He intersperses the text with actual dialogue taken directly from the program scripts. Winner of the Agatha Award!
Reviews
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Amazing study on female viewpoint in radio.
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Jack has assembled a compilation of stories, personalities, and memories from a time worth remembering. The mind's imagination can still hear the words.
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I was expecting more detail about the female characters; many of these descriptions of the programs center around the male lead - with the female being a secondary topic. Many of the pages in the Kindle version do not appear properly, and some text is missing.
Related Literary Awards
- Agatha Awards Edition 17 (2004) ・Excellence Award