Pimping Fictions : African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing /

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"Lush sex and stark violence colored Black and served up raw by a great Negro writer, " promised the cover of Run Man Run, Chester Himes' pioneering novel in the black crime fiction tradition. In this book, the author provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperback...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gifford, Justin, 1975-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Himes, Chester B., > 1909-1984.
Goines, Donald, > 1937-1974.
Himes, Chester B., > 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation.
Goines, Donald, > 1937-1974 > Criticism and interpretation.
Iceberg Slim, > 1918-1992. > Pimp.
Holloway House Publishing Co.
Holloway House Publishing Co. > History.
American Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
English.
Urban fiction, American.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Crime in literature.
American fiction > African American authors.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Mystery & Detective.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature de gare americaine > Édition > Histoire.
Criminalite dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Roman americain > Auteurs noirs americains > Histoire et critique.
Pulp literature, American > Publishing > History.
Urban fiction, American > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism.
American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Lush sex and stark violence colored Black and served up raw by a great Negro writer, " promised the cover of Run Man Run, Chester Himes' pioneering novel in the black crime fiction tradition. In this book, the author provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Himes, Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. The author draws from an impressive array of archival materials to provide a literary and cultural history of this distinctive genre.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9781439908129

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