Crimes against the state, crimes against persons : detective fiction in Cuba and Mexico

Crimes against the state, crimes against persons : detective fiction in Cuba and Mexico / Persephone Braham.

Persephone 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...

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Main Author: Braham, Persephone
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Detective and mystery stories, Cuban > History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, Mexican > History and criticism.
Cuban fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Mexican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Cuba.
Politics and literature > Mexico.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
Cuban fiction
Detective and mystery stories, Cuban
Detective and mystery stories, Mexican
Mexican fiction
Politics and literature
Kriminalliteratur
Spaans.
Misdaadromans.
Cuba
Mexico
Mexiko
Cuba.
Mexico.
Kuba.
Spanisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of 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; Index.

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