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William J. Nichols

Transatlantic Mysteries - Crime, Culture, and Capital in the 'Noir Novels' of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

English · Hardback

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Description

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

List of contents

Chapter 1 Social Crisi, Modernization, and the Emergence of the "Novela Negra" in Mexico and Spain Chapter 2 Reading and (Re) Writing Culture: Subversion of Models, Models of Subversion Chapter 3 "Poisonville" Reincarnated: Modernization, Metropolis, and Spaces of Self-Representation Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment: Resurrecting Revolution Chapter 5 Crimes against Culture: Anti-Imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán

About the author

William J. Nichols is assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia State University.

Product details

Authors	William J. Nichols
Publisher	Bucknell University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	10.12.2010

EAN	9781611480405
ISBN	978-1-61148-040-5
No. of pages	208
Dimensions	157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
Weight	496 g
Subject	Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)

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