The 1990s have seen significant and radical additions to American crime fiction, as the genre has mutated from Chandleresque traditions to a postmodernist fiction, marked especially by the collapse of the "safe" and distinct categories of criminal, detective and reader. This volume takes this collapse as a starting point and looks at how detective fiction in the US now operates from many different cultural and regional perspectives. The contributors examine the proliferation of subgenres, such as police and court procedures ...
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The 1990s have seen significant and radical additions to American crime fiction, as the genre has mutated from Chandleresque traditions to a postmodernist fiction, marked especially by the collapse of the "safe" and distinct categories of criminal, detective and reader. This volume takes this collapse as a starting point and looks at how detective fiction in the US now operates from many different cultural and regional perspectives. The contributors examine the proliferation of subgenres, such as police and court procedures, and consider how this kind of writing taps into contemporary concerns on question of race, justice, oppression and gender.
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New. A fascinating look at the contemporary Amerian crime novel in all its variety and complexity. Editor(s): Messent, Peter B. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliog, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332. 1997. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine. First edition first printing of this look at the developments in crime fiction by examining works by Patricia Cornwell, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley and Barbara Wilson. No dust jacket as issued. In near fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade.
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