African American Experience in Crime Fiction
Subtitle: A Critical Study
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780786499380
Subjects: American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism; Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism; African americans in literature; Crime in literature
Description: "An immensely popular genre, crime fiction has only in recent years been engaged by African-American authors. Historically, the racist stereotypes often central to crime fiction and the socially conservative nature of the genre presented problems for writing the black experience"--