Title Transatlantic mysteries : crime, culture, and capital in the noir novels of Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán / William J. Nichols

Published Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011

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Description 1 online resource (206 p.) Contents Introduction -- Social crisis, modernization, and the emergence of the "novela negra" in Mexico and Spain -- Reading and (re) writing culture: subversion of models, models of subversion -- "Poisonville" reincarnated: modernization, metropolis and spaces of self-representation -- Memories of underdevelopment: resurrecting revolution -- Crimes against culture: anti-imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán Summary Transatlantic Mysteries presents a comparative study that brings together authors Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán -from two specific political contexts: post-1968 Mexico and post-Franco Spain- who both work in one specific genre-'noir' detective fiction Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed SUBJECT Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II, 1949- -- Criticism and interpretation Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel -- Criticism and interpretation Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II, 1949- fast Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel fast Subject Detective and mystery stories, Mexican -- History and criticism Detective and mystery stories, Spanish -- History and criticism Crime in literature. Literature and society -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- Spain -- History -- 20th century Comparative literature -- Mexican and Spanish Comparative literature -- Spanish and Mexican LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American. Crime in literature Detective and mystery stories, Mexican Detective and mystery stories, Spanish Literature and society Mexico Spain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021680543 ISBN 9781611480412 9786613233943 6613233943 1611480418 1283233940 9781283233941

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