Latin American Detectives Against Power - Individualism, the State, and Failure in Crime Fiction

Informationen zum Autor Fabricio Tocco is assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese convenor at the Australian National University. Klappentext This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational "poetics of failure" rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state. Zusammenfassung This book examines Latin American detective fiction and how the genre produces a socio-political critique of individualism and the state. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Anglo-American Detective: Individualism against the State Chapter 2: Argentina: The State against Individualism Chapter 3: Chile: Individualism within the State Chapter 4: Brazil: The State against the State Chapter 5: Coda: The Mexican-American Border Seen from Chilean Eyes Chapter 6: Final Thoughts: From Failure to Community

Product details

• Authors: Fabricio Tocco
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781793651648
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-164-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Crime & mystery, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, Crime & mystery fiction, Literature: history & criticism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Crime and / or mystery fiction