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Title:

The post-colonial detective / edited by Ed Christian.

Publisher:

Palgrave,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

ix, 209 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories--Developing countries--History and criticism.
Postcolonialism--Developing countries.
Decolonization in literature.
Developing countries--In literature.

Other Authors:

Christian, Ed, 1953-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Driss Chraïbi's A place in the sun / Roger Célestin. Keating's Inspector Ghote / Meera Tamaya -- James McClure's Mickey Zondi / Edward Tomarken -- Upfield's Napoleon Bonaparte / Marilyn Rye -- A Crane among chickens : the search for place in William Marshall's Yellowthread Street novels / Deborah Bosi -- The Savage among us : the post-colonial detective in William Marshall's Manila Bay novels / Dean Loganbill -- Post-colonial problems in the Canadian detective novels of Eric Wright and Howard Engel / Patrick Quinn -- The post-colonial detective in People's China / Jeffrey C. Kinkley -- The traditional hero as modern detective : Huo Sang in early twentieth-century Shanghai / King-Fai Tam -- Paco Ignacio Taibo II / Jorge Hernández Martín -- The Spanish detective as cultural other / Jose F. Colmeiro -- Driss Chraïbi's A place in the sun / Roger Célestin.

Series:

Crime files series

ISBN:

9780333738955 (cloth)
0333738950 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46484502

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)