Sally Rowena Munt (born 1960) is a feminist academic and author. She has written several books including ''Murder by the Book: Feminism and the Crime Novel''. Munt grew up in

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, and was educated at the

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( B.A. English and Media Studies), the University of Sussex ( M.A. Twentieth Century Literature and Culture, D.Phil. English Literature and Cultural Studies), the

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( M.Sc Cognitive Psychotherapy) and the

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( PG Dip. Psychiatry). Having worked at several British universities, including as senior lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...

, Munt is professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the

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. Her scholarship is concerned with gender/sexuality studies, class and cultural politics, and spatial theory. She is a

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Works

* ''New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings'' (1992) * ''Murder by the Book: Feminism and the Crime Novel'' (1994) * ''Lesbian and Gay Studies: A Critical Introduction'' (1997) * ''Heroic Desire: Lesbian Identity and Cultural Space'' (1998) * ''Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Gender'' (1998) * ''Cultural Studies and the Working Class: Subject to Change'' (2000) * ''Technospaces: Inside the New Media'' (2001) * ''Queer Attachments: The Cultural Politics of Shame'' (2007)

References

External links

University of Sussex staff profile
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