Detective fiction in a postcolonial and transnational world
By: Nels Pearson and Marc Singer.
Contributors: Singer, Marc.
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780754668480; 9780754696421
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, Commonwealth (English) -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, Caribbean (French) -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, Latin American -- History and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
Description: "Taking up a neglected area in the study of the crime novel, this collection investigates the growing number of writers who adapt conventions of detective fiction to expose problems of law, ethics, and truth that arise in postcolonial and transnational communities. While detective fiction has been linked to imperialism and constructions of race from its earliest origins, recent developments signal the evolution of the genre into a potent framework for narrating the complexities of identity, citizenship, and justice in a postcolonial world." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.