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

• Autore: Nichols William J. <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Lewisburg, [Pa.], : Bucknell University Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 863/.087209064
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Transatlantic mysteries
• ISBN: 979-82-16-35645-5; 1-283-23394-0; 9786613233943; 1-61148-041-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957681803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II