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Dystopian Romance: True Crime and the Female Reader

2006; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00328.x

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Laura Browder,

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The Journal of Popular CultureVolume 39, Issue 6 p. 928-953 Dystopian Romance: True Crime and the Female Reader LAURA BROWDER, LAURA BROWDER Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySearch for more papers by this author LAURA BROWDER, LAURA BROWDER Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 07 November 2006 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00328.xCitations: 16 Laura Browder is the author of Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America; Slippery Characters: Ethnic Impersonators and American Identities, and Rousing the Nation: Radical Culture in Depression America, as well as numerous articles and plays. Currently she is working on a series of documentaries based on Slippery Characters. She is an associate professor in the English department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has been supported by grants, fellowships, and awards from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Illinois Humanities Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Humanities Foundation, the Massachusetts Council for the Arts and Humanities, and the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Works Cited Beck, Janet Parker. Too Good to be True. 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