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

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

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nichols, William J., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewisburg [Pa.] : Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, c2011.
Subjects:
Taibo, Paco Ignacio, > II, > 1949- > Criticism and interpretation.
Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel > Criticism and interpretation.
1900-1999
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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