Title
Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World
Role
Co-Editors and Co-Contributing Authors: Nels Pearson and Marc Singer
Files
Document Type
Book
Description/Summary
In addition to co-editing, Nels Pearson (with Marc Singer) co-authored, Open Cases: Detection, (Post)modernity, and the State,”, pp. 1-15.
Taking up a neglected area in the study of the crime novel, this collection investigates the growing number of writers who adapt conventions of detective fiction to expose problems of law, ethics, and truth that arise in postcolonial and transnational communities. While detective fiction has been linked to imperialism and constructions of race from its earliest origins, recent developments signal the evolution of the genre into a potent framework for narrating the complexities of identity, citizenship, and justice in a postcolonial world. Among the authors considered are Vikram Chandra, Gabriel García Márquez, Michael Ondaatje, Patrick Chamoiseau, Mario Vargas Llosa, Suki Kim, and Walter Mosley. The essays explore detective stories set in Latin America, the Caribbean, India, and North America, including novels that view the American metropolis from the point of view of Asian American, African American, or Latino characters. Offering ten new and original essays by scholars in the field, this volume highlights the diverse employment of detective fictions internationally, and uncovers important political and historical subtexts of popular crime novels. -- Publisher book description.
ISBN
9780754668480
Publication Date
11-2009
Publication Information
Pearson, Nels and Singer, Marc (eds.) Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World. Surrey, England: Ashgate, November 2009.
Recommended Citation
Pearson, Nels C. and Singer, Marc, "Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World" (2009). English Faculty Book Gallery. 8.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/english-books/8