The noir Atlantic [[electronic resource] ] : Chester Himes and the birth of the francophone African crime novel / / Pim Higginson

• Autore: Higginson Pim
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 843.08721
• Soggetto topico: Detective and mystery stories; French-Canadian fiction - History; African fiction (French) - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Noir 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The noir Atlantic
• ISBN: 1-78138-782-6; 1-84631-704-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456984703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary French and francophone cultures.