Chicano detective fiction
Subtitle: a critical study of five novelists
By: Susan Baker Sotelo.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism; American fiction -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Mexican Americans -- Intellectual life; Mexican Americans in literature
Description: "The models of this relatively new Chicano genre are first discussed. Next come analysis and reviews rendering a particular regional or cultural variation of what it means to be Chicano. It is this departure from the norm that defines their writings and distinguishes them from the Anglo-American and British whodunit"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chicano romance : histories and mythologization; title: The shaman sleuth : Rudolfo Anaya's shaman winter; title: The lieutenant and the chevalier, buenrostro and dupin; title: Rolando Hinojosa's partners in crime; title: Poetry in action : Lucha Corpi's cactus blood; title: Breaking the macho mold : Manuel Ramos; title: Marginalization in Aztlacn : Michael Nava's gay detective; title: More salsas : Latino detective fiction in the United States ; and interviews with the Chicano Chefs Anaya, Corpi, Hinojosa, Nava, and Ramos; title: Identity : is a wrap a taco or is a taco a wrap?