03135nam 2200649 a 450 991045698470332120200520144314.01-78138-782-61-84631-704-5(CKB)2550000000036950(EBL)726843(OCoLC)741491884(SSID)ssj0000539583(PQKBManifestationID)12232603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539583(PQKBWorkID)10570710(PQKB)10854015(UkCbUP)CR9781846317040(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127438(MiAaPQ)EBC726843(UkCbUP)CR9781781387825(Au-PeEL)EBL726843(CaPaEBR)ebr10477335(EXLCZ)99255000000003695020110708d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe noir Atlantic[electronic resource] Chester Himes and the birth of the francophone African crime novel /Pim HigginsonLiverpool Liverpool University Press20111 online resource (224 p.)Contemporary French and francophone culturesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84631-869-6 1-84631-690-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Frivolous Literary; 1 "Pas de littérature": Abasse Ndione and the Rise of Crime; 2 Minor Mistranslations: Simon Njami and the Making of a Parisianist Himes; 3 Crime Pays: Achille Ngoye and the Série noire; 4 Ethnographic Erotics: Bolya and the Writing of the Other; 5 Terreur Rose: Terreur Rose: Kouty, mémoire de sang and the Gendering of Noir; 6 Going out Blazing: Mongo Beti's Last Two Novels; Bibliography; IndexNoir Atlantic follows the influence of African American author Chester Himes on Francophone African crime fiction. In 1953, Chester Himes emigrated to Paris where he struggled to publish, just as he had in the United States, until the "Harlem Domestic Series" transformed the author into a cult figure for a generation of Parisian readers who appreciated the blend of absurdist humor and violence. For African authors, these novels also modeled an escape from a high literary paradigm inherited from the colonial experience. Himes's ambiguous role as a famous "French" writer paradoxically also made Contemporary French and francophone cultures.Detective and mystery storiesFrench-Canadian fictionHistoryAfrican fiction (French)HistoryElectronic books.Detective and mystery stories.French-Canadian fictionHistory.African fiction (French)History.843.08721Higginson Pim953943MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456984703321The noir Atlantic2157413UNINA