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02662aam a2200421 i 4500 001 BE622E68A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230203011453 008 220127t20222022mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021062033 020 $a 1793651647 020 $a 9781793651648 035 $a (OCoLC)1288194696 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UUM $d I3U $d SZR $d YDX $d UBY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ7082 D48 T63 2022 100 1 $a Tocco, Fabricio, $d 1985- $e author. 245 10 $a Latin American detectives against power : $b individualism, the state, and failure in crime fiction / $c Fabricio Tocco. 246 30 $a Individualism, the state, and failure in crime fiction 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Lexington Books, $c [2022] 300 $a xi, 235 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index. 505 0 $a The Anglo-American detective: individualism against the state -- Argentina: the state against individualism -- Chile: individualism within the state -- Brazil: the state against the state -- Coda: The Mexican-American border seen from Chilean eyes -- Final thoughts: From failure to community. 520 $a "This book examines Latin American detective fiction and how the genre produces a socio-political critique of individualism and the state"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational 'poetics of failure' rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state."--Publisher website. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories, Latin American $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories, Latin American $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Latin American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Individualism in literature. 650 0 $a State, The, in literature. 600 10 $a Piglia, Ricardo $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a BolanÌo, Roberto, $d 1953-2003 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Fonseca, Rubem $x Criticism and interpretation. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Tocco, Fabricio, 1985- $t Latin American detectives against power $d Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022] $z 9781793651655 $w (DLC) 2021062034 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302014813.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BE622E68A39211ED924352D529ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search