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1 online resource (204 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
In his study of Golden Age and hard-boiled detective fiction from 1890 to 1950, Yan Zi-Ling argues that these two subgenres can be distinguished not only by theme and style, but by the way they structure knowledge, value, and productive labour. Using the detective as a reference point and enactor of socially based interests, Yan shows that Golden Age texts are distinguished by their conservationism (and not only by their conservatism), with the detectives' actions serving to stabilize institutions with specific ideological aims. In contrast, the criminal investigations of the hard-boiled dete |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism
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Detective and mystery stories, English -- History and criticism
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Labor in literature.
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Value in literature.
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Economics in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Detective and mystery stories, American
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Detective and mystery stories, English
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Economics in literature
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Labor in literature
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Value in literature
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472452542 |
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1472452542 |
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