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Wednesday, June 28, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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When a detective novel starts like that, as did Tom Torner's recent novel, "Coda," there's going to be a problem, said Sara Paretsky, a Chicago-based writer and 1987 KU graduate in political science who is making new inroads in the field of detective fiction.
"You know when you read the opening sentence that the villain is going to be the woman in bed with the hero," Paretsky said.
The trouble started in bed
Writer changing stereotypes
by Donna Eades
Kansan staff writer
Paretsky's sixth novel, featuring the first woman private investigator, will appear on the bookstands in February. In her novels, Paretsky is working to change the image of women in detective fiction.
Paretsky created Warsawshawi 10 years ago in response to the male-dominated detective novels she had been reading since childhood.
Traditionally, women have either been the villain, or they've been wringing their hands, needing to be rescued, Paretsky said.
These stereotypes do not fit Paretski's V.I. Warshawski, private investigator and super-sleuth extraordinaire. Fiercely independent, brave, intelligent, and solves other people's problems without the help of a male partner.
1. wanted to create a woman detective who would stand in contrast to other women characters, who would be caring and believable.
2. Parettski said.
Albough a fan of the genre, she was not a fan of the women-as-victim and femme-fatale stereotypes she saw in the novels of Dashiell Hammett and other well-known detective writers.
The popularity of her hard-boiled female detective who performs daring deeds in silk stockings and Italian attire, she adds a mini-trend in detective fiction.
Following Paretsky's example, writers such as Sue Grafton and Antonia Fraser are experiencing their own female detectives.
But success has been hard won. Although the popularity of Paretkys's attests to the public's growing acceptance of her work, changing attitudes within the public's circle has been more difficult.
Three years ago, Paretky and a handful of other women writers formed the group Sisters in Crime to combat the problem of the under-educated of women in crime fiction awards and reviews in major publications.
The group, now expanded to 500 members, also has been concerned with the level of violence and sadism directed toward women and children in action.
"This kind of violence is a reflection of the discomfort our women children feel," Pareksky said. "It plays out in graphical representation for them."
rape and snuff films. It's a common theme that women have to be terribly degraded in crime fiction."
Paretsky, who grew up in what she called a traditional family during the 1950s, first became involved in the women's movement when she was a student at the University of Kansas. She cited Emily Taylor, former dean of women, as the most important feminist influence in her life.
"I was a Watkins Scholar, and she would meet with us once a month to hash out feminist issues." Paretsky said.
"I knew then that it would be a battle to break into a new field, but it was then that I began to realize that I didn't have to program myself to just get married and have children," she said.
Parestky's leadership in the field of detective fiction and her determination to meet her personal goals were recognized last year when MS. Magazine named her woman of the year.
"She does a lot of things that I wish I had the nerve to do when I was young, like going out and marring her children in believe in," Paretsky's mother said.
"What V.I. is doing is what many middle class women throughout the U.S. are doing now. She's doing a job she didn't know existed for her when she started high school." Paretsky said, "She's a pioneer."
Biff! Bang! Wham! Ticket sales zoom
by a Kansan reporter
Holy Batmania!
Tbby BSA
The movie "Batman" opened last Thursday in Lawrence and has sparked quite an interest in the Caped Crusader.
Elden Harwood, manager of Hillcrest Theaters, Ninth and 'iowa streets, where the movie is showing, adjusts the lighting and adjustments for the popular show
sales to help with the burden
"We had five shows a day through the weekend, and four a day since," Harwool said. "The crowds are over we expected, but what can you do?"
Larry Cornelius, Lawrence resident who went to "Batman" opening night, attested to the lines.
Hillcrest also has increased its staff and relies on advance ticket
The enthusiasm continued inside the theater. Crowds cheered and jeered as Batman battled his evil counterpart, the Joker, Cornelius said.
"It had as much audience participation in a movie as I've seen," he said.
Cornelius, who operates a novelty store in Lawrence, said Batman items were selling as well in his store and other movie line he has carried.
Police Record
INJURY ACCIDENT A 7-year-old Lawrence boy who was struck by a car Monday was listed in critical condition yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center, a hospital spokesman said.
The boy, Dustin Luther, 327 Florida St., suffered head and other injuries when he was struck by a car in the 500 block of Florida Street. He was by helicopter from Lawrence Memorial Hospital to the Med Center.
ROBBERY INVESTIGATION KU police continued to investigate an attempted robbery that occurred Monday morning in a stairwell at the Kansas Union, said Sgt. Schuyler Bailey, KU police spokesman.
According to police reports, a white man attacked and tried to take a bag of money from a Kansas Union officer, causing her to fall down the stairs.
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