Traces, codes, and clues
Subtitle: reading race in crime fiction
By: Maureen T. Reddy.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.; Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism.; Popular literature -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism.; African Americans in literature.; Race relations in literature.; Racism in literature.; Whites in literature.; Blacks in literature.; Crime in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: This text explores the ways in which crime fiction manipulates cultural constructions such as race and gender to inscribe dominant cultural discourses. It notes that even those writers who set out to revise conventions repeatedly produce some of the genre's most conservative elements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208) and index.