Download or read book Gender, Genre and Narrative Pleasure written by Derek Longhurst and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, all of which are concerned to develop analyses where sexual politics and gender concerns are regarded as central to understanding popular narrative. There are essays on the western, melodrama, crime fiction, political thriller, horror and science fiction.