| African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study Contributor(s): Bailey, Frankie y. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786433396 ISBN-13: 9780786433391 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2008 Annotation: This book examines the works of modern African American mystery writers within the social and historical contexts of African American literature on crime and justice. Chapters cover the movement by Black authors from slave narratives and antebellum newspapers to fiction writing; the transition from early genre writers, such as Pauline Hopkins and Rudolph Fisher, to the protest writers of the 1940s and 1950s, such as Richard Wright and Chester Himes; and modern African American mystery writers, focusing on sleuths, the social locations of crime, victims and offenders, and the notion of "doing justice." The book also examines the access by African American mystery writers to the marketplace and the issue of the "double audience." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Literary Criticism | American - African American |
| Dewey: 813.087 |
| LCCN: 2008039048 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.02" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 277 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book describes the movement by African American authors from slave narratives and antebellum newspapers into fiction writing, and the subsequent developments of black genre fiction through the present. It analyzes works by modern African American mystery writers, focusing on sleuths, the social locations of crime, victims and offenders, the notion of doing justice, and the role of African American cultural vernacular in mystery fiction. A final section focuses on readers and reading, examining African American mystery writers' access to the marketplace and the issue of the double audience raised by earlier writers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here. |