William J. Nichols

Transatlantic Mysteries

Crime, Culture, and Capital in the 'Noir Novels' of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

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Produktbeschreibung

Transatlantic Mysteries presents a comparative study that brings together authors Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Váaacute;zquez Montalbán -from two specific political contexts: post-1968 Mexico and post-Franco Spain- who both work in one specific genre-"noir" detective fiction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781611480405
• ISBN-10: 161148040X
• Artikelnr.: 32540722

Autorenporträt

William J. Nichols is assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Social Crisi
Modernization
and the Emergence of the "Novela Negra" in Mexico and Spain Chapter 2 Reading and (Re) Writing Culture: Subversion of Models
Models of Subversion Chapter 3 "Poisonville" Reincarnated: Modernization
Metropolis
and Spaces of Self-Representation Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment: Resurrecting Revolution Chapter 5 Crimes against Culture: Anti-Imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán