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Analysis uncovers ecofeminist themes in Trixie Belden series, suggesting a challenge to patriarchal detective norms.
First published in 1948, the Trixie Belden Series helped to establish the "girl sleuth" articulation of the detective story. The series paid uncommon attention to nature and the environment and, as it did so, offered an anticipatory ecofeminist challenge to the patriarchal ideology that underpins the detective novel formula.
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