| Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Detective Fiction: Essays on the Genero Negro Tradition Contributor(s): Craig-Odders, Renée W. (Editor), Collins, Jacky (Editor), Close, Glen S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786424265 ISBN-13: 9780786424269 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2006 Annotation: The image of the hard-boiled private investigator from gritty pulp fiction, a terse and mysterious figure, has become increasingly universal as the detective novel crosses more and more borders. A booming genre in Latin America, Spain and other Hispanic cultures, detective fiction has transcended the limitations of its influences. Hispanic authors genre have published popular novels, and have adapted the genre to reflect the globalization of modern society and the crimes within it. This volume presents a compilation of 11 critical essays on g?nero negro?contemporary detective fiction in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian canon. The text analyzes emerging trends in this rapidly evolving genre, as well as the mutations and innovations taking place. The first section of the book is dedicated to the detective fiction of Spain and Portugal. The second section surveys works from Latin America and the United States, where topics touch on universal subjects like crime, identity and feminism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 863.087 |
| LCCN: 2006007023 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.1" W x 9.02" (0.71 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The image of the hard-boiled private investigator from gritty pulp fiction, a terse and mysterious figure, has become increasingly universal as the detective novel crosses more and more borders. A booming genre in Latin America, Spain and other Hispanic cultures, detective fiction has transcended the limitations of its influences. Hispanic authors relatively new to the genre have published novels and series popular with the public, while a number of well-known writers have adapted the genre to reflect the concurrent globalization of modern society and the crimes within it. This volume presents a compilation of 11 critical essays on genero negro--contemporary detective fiction in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian canon. Surveying the last twenty years, the text analyzes emerging trends in this rapidly evolving genre, as well as the mutations and innovations taking place within the style. The first section of the book is dedicated to the detective fiction of Spain and Portugal. The second section surveys works from Latin America and the United States, where topics touch on universal subjects like crime, identity and feminism. |