Domestic noir is a literary subgenre within crime fiction. Though used earlier in discussion of the film noir subgenre, the term was applied to fiction in 2013 by novelist Julia Crouch, who defined it as taking place primarily in homes and workplaces, concerning itself largely with the female experience, being based around relationships, and taking as its premise a broadly feminist view that the domestic sphere is a challenging and sometimes dangerous prospect for its inhabitants.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleGillian Flynn, cited among the writers of domestic noir alongside Paula Hawkins and Erin Kelly 1 Defining TraitCrime fiction set primarily in homes and workplaces, centered on relationships and a feminist view of the domestic sphere as a challenging or dangerous place 1 Defining Trait FAQs
Why did Julia Crouch coin the term domestic noir?
She felt the label psychological thriller did not fit books driven by an unravelling rather than a roller coaster.
Julia Crouch wrote that all four of her books had been put in the psychological thriller sub-genre, but she felt this did not quite do the job. In her words, the engine driving her work is more an unravelling than the high octane roller coaster suggested by the word thriller. She and her publicist at Headline came up with the term Domestic Noir as a better description of what she writes.
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Wikipedia- Place of Origin: United Kingdom
- Notable Example: Gillian Flynn, cited among the writers of domestic noir alongside Paula Hawkins and Erin Kelly
- Defining Trait: Crime fiction set primarily in homes and workplaces, centered on relationships and a feminist view of the domestic sphere as a challenging or dangerous place
2. Domestic noir (Wikipedia)
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the term was applied to fiction in 2013
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Domestic noir is a literary subgenre within crime fiction.
Wikipedia: Domestic noir, lead section, writer list
Other women writing domestic noir include Erin Kelly, Araminta Hall, Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Elizabeth Haynes, Sabine Durrant, Natalie Young, Louise Millar, Paula Daly, Samantha Hayes, Louise Doughty, Julie Myerson, Jean Hanff Korelitz, A. S. A. Harrison and Lionel Shriver.
Wikipedia: Domestic noir, lead section, Crouch definition
In a nutshell, Domestic Noir takes place primarily in homes and workplaces, concerns itself largely (but not exclusively) with the female experience, is based around relationships and takes as its base a broadly feminist view that the domestic sphere is a challenging and sometimes dangerous prospect for its inhabitants.
In Group: Detective and Crime Fiction Subgenres, Lead section
Domestic noir is a literary subgenre within crime fiction.
View the SourceJulia Crouch (novelist) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia: Julia Crouch (novelist), lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Julia Crouch (novelist), lead section
Julia Crouch is a British novelist, who writes Domestic Noir, a sub-genre of crime fiction.
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