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Author:

Tocco, Fabricio, 1985- author.

Title:

Latin American detectives against power : individualism, the state, and failure in crime fiction / Fabricio Tocco.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xi, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, Latin American--Political aspects.
Detective and mystery stories, Latin American--Social aspects.
Latin American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Individualism in literature.
State, The, in literature.
Piglia, Ricardo--Criticism and interpretation.
Bolaño, Roberto,--1953-2003--Criticism and interpretation.
Fonseca, Rubem--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"This book examines Latin American detective fiction and how the genre produces a socio-political critique of individualism and the state"-- Provided by publisher.
"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.

ISBN:

1793651647
9781793651648

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1288194696

LCCN:

2021062033

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)