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Transatlantic Mysteries : Crime, Culture, and Capital in the "Noir Novels" of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán.

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

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nichols, William J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2010.
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Sumario:Transatlantic Mysteries presents a comparative study that brings together authors Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán --from two specific political contexts: post-1968 Mexico and post-Franco Spain-- who both work in one specific genre--"noir" detective fiction. In this so called age of globalization, Spain and Mexico have witnessed an explosion in the production of "noir" detective fiction which these authors choose purposefully in order to infiltrate the market with formulaic "popular" literature while simultaneously critiquing the effects of the neoliberal strategies embrace.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (207 pages)
ISBN:9781611480412
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