Literature expert raises questions around depiction of race and gender in crime fiction
1st March 2023
A University of Gloucestershire contemporary literature specialist, whose works include studies of British icons Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has raised new questions around how cultural and social issues are represented in crime fiction novels.
Dr Charlotte Beyer, Senior Lecturer in English Studies within the University’s School of Education and Humanities, highlights how British crime fiction novels are a key source of discussion and debate around race, class, sexuality and gender in her ninth book Intersectionality and Decolonisation in Contemporary British Crime Fiction.
Dr Beyer’s previous works include Murder in a Few Words: Gender, Genre and Location in the Crime Short Story, and edited books Mothers Who Kill and Teaching Crime Fiction. She has also published on Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Last September she gave a talk to a large audience of crime fiction enthusiasts at the International Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay. You can read more about this story on the University website.