This essay collection examines the changing cultural, political and physical landscape of Spain as represented in Spanish crime fiction of the last three decades. The first several essays focus on crime fiction set in Barcelona and look at, among other topics, the symbiotic relationship between the city and the detective in Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma's long-running Inspector Mendez series, Manuel Vazquez Montalban's treatments of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, and place and identity in Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado series. Other essays examine regional and cultural illiteracy in…mehr
This essay collection examines the changing cultural, political and physical landscape of Spain as represented in Spanish crime fiction of the last three decades. The first several essays focus on crime fiction set in Barcelona and look at, among other topics, the symbiotic relationship between the city and the detective in Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma's long-running Inspector Mendez series, Manuel Vazquez Montalban's treatments of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, and place and identity in Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado series. Other essays examine regional and cultural illiteracy in Jorge Martinez Reverte's Galvez series and Spain's changing urban centers as represented in Andreu Martin's El blues de la semana mas negra.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Renée W. Craig-Odders is a professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The author of several articles and books on Spanish detective fiction, she lives in Plover, Wisconsin. Jacky Collins is a senior lecturer in Spanish Studies at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. She lives in the United Kingdom.
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Table of Contents Introduction Renée W. Craig-Odders 1. Detecting 1979 Barcelona: The Cases versus the Context in El misterio de la cripta embrujada, Los mares del Sur, and A la vejez navajazos Kalen R. Oswald 2. Barcelona: "La gran novela negra" in Francisco González Ledesma's Inspector Méndez Series Renée W. Craig-Odders 3. Barcelona Through the Tourist's Gaze: The 1992 Olympics as a Pseudo-Event in Two Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Michelle Dumais 4. There's No Place Like Homelessness in Alicia Giménez Bartlett's Un barco cargado de arroz Nina L. Molinaro 5. After Eden: Images of the Garden in Alicia Giménez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado Series Marcie Paul 6. "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (?)": Regional and Social Tensions in Two Novels by Lola van Guardia/Isabel Franc Jacky Collins 7. Spanish Crime Fiction and Madrid: Moving Up, Looking Back David Knutson 8. Remembering Madrid in the Fiction of Joaquín Leguina and Arturo Pérez-Reverte Anne L. Walsh 9. Urban Renewal and Mobbing Inmobilario in Andreu Martín's El blues de la semana más negra Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman 10. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Regional and Cultural Illiteracy in Two of Jorge Martínez Reverte's Gálvez Series Novels Jeffrey Oxford 11. Woman on the Road: A New Look at Bilbao's Urban Landscape in Itxaro Borda's Ezpeldoi Series Javier Cillero Goiriastuena About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction Renée W. Craig-Odders 1. Detecting 1979 Barcelona: The Cases versus the Context in El misterio de la cripta embrujada, Los mares del Sur, and A la vejez navajazos Kalen R. Oswald 2. Barcelona: "La gran novela negra" in Francisco González Ledesma's Inspector Méndez Series Renée W. Craig-Odders 3. Barcelona Through the Tourist's Gaze: The 1992 Olympics as a Pseudo-Event in Two Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Michelle Dumais 4. There's No Place Like Homelessness in Alicia Giménez Bartlett's Un barco cargado de arroz Nina L. Molinaro 5. After Eden: Images of the Garden in Alicia Giménez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado Series Marcie Paul 6. "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us (?)": Regional and Social Tensions in Two Novels by Lola van Guardia/Isabel Franc Jacky Collins 7. Spanish Crime Fiction and Madrid: Moving Up, Looking Back David Knutson 8. Remembering Madrid in the Fiction of Joaquín Leguina and Arturo Pérez-Reverte Anne L. Walsh 9. Urban Renewal and Mobbing Inmobilario in Andreu Martín's El blues de la semana más negra Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman 10. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Regional and Cultural Illiteracy in Two of Jorge Martínez Reverte's Gálvez Series Novels Jeffrey Oxford 11. Woman on the Road: A New Look at Bilbao's Urban Landscape in Itxaro Borda's Ezpeldoi Series Javier Cillero Goiriastuena About the Contributors Index
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