| Title: | ʹShamefulʹ sexualities in Slovenian crime fiction from moderna to the 21st century |
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| Authors: | ID Mlačnik, Primož (Author) |
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| Files: |  RAZ_Mlacnik_Primoz_2026.pdf (527,35 KB)
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 https://journals.um.si/index.php/slaviacentralis/sl/article/view/6188
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FF - Faculty of Arts
UZUM - University of Maribor Press
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| Abstract: | The article is based a comparative analysis of the contradictory relationship
between crime narrative conventions and sexuality, encompassing classic and
hardboiled detective fiction, police procedurals, and thrillers, in relation to
the Western politics of sexuality as conceptualised by Gayle Rubin. It argues
that both the crime genre and Western politics of sexuality share a funda
mental purpose: the repression and disappearance of ‘shameful’ sexualities,
including all forms of sexuality that are non-productive, non-heterosexual,
non-monogamous, promiscuous, or that otherwise deviate from normative
standards. Following this theoretical framework, the article undertakes a de
constructive analysis of selected representations of ‘shameful’ sexualities in
Slovenian crime narratives from the early 20th century and in contemporary
Slovenian crime novels from the 21st century. By examining the semantic and
narrative functions of ‘shameful’ sexuality, the article reveals the continuity
of motifs of shameful sexuality in Slovenian crime writing. |
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| Keywords: | shame, crime novels and sexuality, Zofka Kveder, Silverster Košutnik, Ljuba Prenner, Avgust Demšar, Tadej Golob |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 24.06.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2026 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 273-290 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 19, št. 1 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-99877  |
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| UDC: | 82.0 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2385-8753 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 283621123 |
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| DOI: | 10.18690/scn.19.1.273-290.2026 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 28.08.2026 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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