Crimes against the state, crimes against persons : detective fiction in Cuba and Mexico /

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Persephone Braham shows how the Cuban novela negra examines the Revolution through a chronicle of life under a decaying regime, and how the Mexican neopoliciaco reveals the oppressive politics of modernization in Latin America. Considering the work of writers such as Leonardo Padura Fuentes as well...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braham, Persephone
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Detective and mystery stories, Cuban > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Mexican > History and criticism.
Cuban fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Mexican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Cuba.
Politics and literature > Mexico.
Roman cubain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman mexicain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Cuba.
Politique et littérature > Mexique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Cuban fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, Cuban.
Detective and mystery stories, Mexican.
Mexican fiction.
Politics and literature.
Kriminalliteratur
Spaans.
Misdaadromans.
Cuba.
Mexico.
Mexiko
Kuba.
Spanisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Latin American Detective Literature in Context; Cuba: Crimes against the State; Mexico: Crimes against Persons; Epilogue: Globalization and Detective Literature in Spanish; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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