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Author:
Zi-Ling, Yan.
Title:
Economic investigations in twentieth-century detective fiction : expenditure, labor, value / Yan Zi-Ling.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
204 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.
Labor in literature.
Value in literature.
Economics in literature.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Detective and mystery stories, English.
Economics in literature.
Labor in literature.
Value in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197) and index.
Contents:
Ideology critique and economics in detective fiction -- Conservationism, enclosure, and totalitarianism -- Expenditure and discursive recuperation -- Clue, value, and counterfeit -- Detective labor -- Hard-boiled gift-labor and the aneconomic gift -- Conclusion: The theatrical economy.
ISBN:
1472452534 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781472452535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)892728212
LCCN:
2014036139
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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