tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post114316768983466063..comments2024-03-27T02:00:49.152-04:00Comments on Kate's Book Blog: Is Crime Fiction Inherently Reactionary?Kate S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1143502508564998092006-03-27T18:35:00.000-05:002006-03-27T18:35:00.000-05:00This reminds me of various intense discussions I'v...This reminds me of various intense discussions I've been a part of about the superhero genre (some of which I've started). Usually, when it comes to superheroes, the candidates for "subversive" literature are proposed as those which subvert the genre, not those which assume a subversive stance towards the actual world. The meat-and-potatoes of superhero stories is violence, no matter who the prepetrator, the reason or cause, and the legitimation.eirweneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597044148890649069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1143228388852153762006-03-24T14:26:00.000-05:002006-03-24T14:26:00.000-05:00Nice post, Kate. I'm not a big fan of the genre us...Nice post, Kate. I'm not a big fan of the genre usually, but you've given me quite a hankering.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486646522914924111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13774780.post-1143206680836125912006-03-24T08:24:00.000-05:002006-03-24T08:24:00.000-05:00I agree! Actually, I don't read much crime fictio...I agree! Actually, I don't read much crime fiction (although maybe I should!), but I agree with your larger point that one shouldn't pigeon-hole an entire genre as "reactionary" or "subversive" or whatever. That's way too simplistic. People have made similar arguments about poetry -- that if you write in traditional verse, you are necessarily advocating the status quo and that if you write without a set form, you are subversive. This makes no sense to me.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com