Merja Makinen Explained
Merja Makinen (born 1953) was director of communication and culture at Middlesex University. She is an expert on feminist writing of the twentieth century, particularly that of Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson, and has written on the feminist aspects of popular genre fiction such as the books of Agatha Christie.[1]
Selected publications
- Joyce Cary: A Descriptive Bibliography. Mansell, London, 1989. (with Kevin Harris)
- "Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber" and the Decolonization of Feminine Sexuality", Feminist Review, No. 42, Feminist Fictions (Autumn 1992), pp. 2–15.
- Female fetishism: A new look. Lawrence & Wishart, 1994.[2] (with Lorraine Gamman)
- Feminist Popular Fiction. Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2001.
- The Novels of Jeanette Winterson. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2005.
- Agatha Christie: Investigating Femininity. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2006.[3]
Notes and References
- Web site: The Christie Case with Merja Makinen. Middlesex University London. 2017-09-14.
- Web site: Female Fetishism: A New Look by Lorraine Gamman, Merja Makinen, 1994. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172851/https://www.questia.com/library/119667750/female-fetishism-a-new-look. dead.
- Web site: Agatha Christie - Investigating Femininity | M. Makinen. Palgrave Macmillan. 2017-09-14.