02998nam 22006734a 450 991045216500332120200520144314.00-8166-9470-2(CKB)1000000000346782(EBL)310655(OCoLC)614925321(SSID)ssj0000278336(PQKBManifestationID)11209232(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278336(PQKBWorkID)10246172(PQKB)11274132(MiAaPQ)EBC310655(MdBmJHUP)muse38991(Au-PeEL)EBL310655(CaPaEBR)ebr10151269(CaONFJC)MIL522705(EXLCZ)99100000000034678220030807d2004 uh 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrimes against the state, crimes against persons[electronic resource] detective fiction in Cuba and Mexico /Persephone BrahamMinneapolis, Minn. University of Minnesota Pressc20041 online resource (187 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4135-8 0-8166-4134-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-164) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Latin American Detective Literature in Context; Cuba: Crimes against the State; Mexico: Crimes against Persons; Epilogue: Globalization and Detective Literature in Spanish; Notes; Bibliography; IndexPersephone Braham shows how the Cuban novela negra examines the Revolution through a chronicle of life under a decaying regime, and how the Mexican neopoliciaco reveals the oppressive politics of modernization in Latin America.Considering the work of writers such as Leonardo Padura Fuentes as well as G. K. Chesterton, Braham addresses Marxist critiques of the culture industry and Latin American postmodernity.Detective and mystery stories, CubanHistory and criticismDetective and mystery stories, MexicanHistory and criticismCuban fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismMexican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPolitics and literatureCubaPolitics and literatureMexicoElectronic books.Detective and mystery stories, CubanHistory and criticism.Detective and mystery stories, MexicanHistory and criticism.Cuban fictionHistory and criticism.Mexican fictionHistory and criticism.Politics and literaturePolitics and literature863/.08720997291Braham Persephone976071MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452165003321Crimes against the state, crimes against persons2222849UNINA