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The image of the hard-boiled private investigator from gritty pulp fiction, a terse and mysterious figure, has become increasingly universal as the detective novel crosses more and more borders. A booming genre in Latin America, Spain and other Hispanic cultures, detective fiction has transcended the limitations of its influences. Hispanic authors relatively new to the genre have published novels and series popular with the public, while a number of well-known writers have adapted the genre to reflect the concurrent globalization of modern society and the crimes within it.
This volume presents a compilation of 11 critical essays on genero negro--contemporary detective fiction in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian canon. Surveying the last twenty years, the text analyzes emerging trends in this rapidly evolving genre, as well as the mutations and innovations taking place within the style. The first section of the book is dedicated to the detective fiction of Spain and Portugal. The second section surveys works from Latin America and the United States, where topics touch on universal subjects like crime, identity and feminism.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Renée W. Craig-Odders
I : SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
1. The Carvalho Series of Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: A Passing in Review
2. Still Crazy After All These Years: Eduardo Mendoza's Detective
3. To Be or Not to Be (Feminist): The Curious Epistemology of Alicia Giménez Bartlett's Petra Delicado Series
4. "A World Beyond": The Lola van Guardia Trilogy
5. "Coming Out" in Spanish Crime Fiction
6. Shades of Green: The Police Procedural in Spain
7. "Ainda bem que chegaste": Life, Death and Friendship in the Crime Novels of Francisco José Viegas
II : LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES
8. The Detective Is Dead. Long Live the Novela Negra!
9. Private Detectives, Private Lives: The Detective Fiction of Sergio Gómez and Marcela Serrano
10. The Search for Identity: The Return to Analytic Detective Fiction in Mexico
11. Family, Identity and the Latina Private Investigator
About the Contributors
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