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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823627203321

Autore

Nichols William J. <1970->

Titolo

Transatlantic mysteries : crime, culture, and capital in the "noir novels" of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán / / William J. Nichols

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lewisburg, [Pa.], : Bucknell University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-23394-0

9786613233943

1-61148-041-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

863/.087209064

Soggetti

Detective and mystery stories, Mexican - History and criticism

Detective and mystery stories, Spanish - History and criticism

Crime in literature

Literature and society - Mexico - History - 20th century

Literature and society - Spain - History - 20th century

Comparative literature - Mexican and Spanish

Comparative literature - Spanish and Mexican

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Social crisis, modernization, and the emergence of the "novela negra" in Mexico and Spain -- Reading and (re) writing culture : subversion of models, models of subversion -- "Poisonville" reincarnated : modernization, metropolis and spaces of self-representation -- Memories of underdevelopment : resurrecting revolution -- Crimes against culture : anti-imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán.

Sommario/riassunto

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