Argentina Noir : New Millennium Crime Novels in Buenos Aires /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt-Cruz, Cynthia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Noir fiction, Argentine.
Literature.
Crime in literature.
Argentine fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Criminalite dans la litterature.
Roman argentin > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Argentine fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Noir fiction, Argentine > History and criticism.
Argentina > Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Argentina noir
  • Combatting organized crime and institutional complicity, with a sentimental subtext
  • The president and all his men: watchdog journalists tackle corruption during the Menem presidency
  • Terrorist attacks on Jewish Buenos Aires and the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman
  • Trouble in the country club or "los nuevos ricos tambien lloran"
  • The "other side": the urban poor and the crime novel
  • Conclusion: social collapse and human connections.

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