Title: Detective fiction in a postcolonial and transnational world
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Commonwealth literature (english), history and criticism, Caribbean literature, history and criticism, French fiction, history and criticism, Latin american fiction, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, Detective and mystery stories, History and criticism, Detective and mystery stories, Commonwealth (English), Detective and mystery stories, Caribbean (French), Latin American Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, LITERARY CRITICISM, Mystery & Detective, Literary criticism - u.s. fiction & prose literature - general & miscellaneous, Mystery & suspense fiction - literary criticism
LC classification: PN3448.D4 P425 2009