The Foreign in International Crime Fiction Transcultural Representations |
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| Editor:
| Anderson, Jean
Miranda, Carolina
Pezzotti, Barbara |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4411-7703-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $38.65 |
Book Description:
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'The foreigner' is a familiar character in popular crime fiction, from the foreign detective whose outsider status provides a unique perspective on a familiar or exotic location to the xenophobic portrayal of the criminal 'other'. Exploring popular crime fiction from across the world,
The Foreign in International Crime Fiction examines these popular works as 'transcultural contact zones' in which writers can tackle such issues as national identity, immigration, globalization and...
More Description'The foreigner' is a familiar character in popular crime fiction, from the foreign detective whose outsider status provides a unique perspective on a familiar or exotic location to the xenophobic portrayal of the criminal 'other'. Exploring popular crime fiction from across the world, The Foreign in International Crime Fiction examines these popular works as 'transcultural contact zones' in which writers can tackle such issues as national identity, immigration, globalization and diaspora communities. Offering readings of 20th and 21st-century crime writing from Norway, the UK, India, China, Europe and Australasia, the essays in this book open up new directions for scholarship on crime writing and transnational literatures.