| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 216 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20 |
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20.
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| Contents |
Introduction : the frivolous literary -- "Pas de littérature" : Abasse Ndione and the rise of crime -- Minor mistranslations : Simon Njami and the making of the Parisianist Himes -- Crime pays : Achille Ngoye and the Série noire -- Ethnographic erotics : Bolya and the writing of the other -- Terreur Rose : Kouty, mémoire de sang and the gendering of noir -- Going out blazing : Mongo Beti's last two novels |
| Summary |
Noir Atlantic follows the influence of African American author Chester Himes on Francophone African crime fiction. For African authors, Paris-based Chester Hime's novels also modeled an escape from a high literary paradigm inherited from the colonial experience |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 fast |
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Himes, Chester B. 1909-1984 gnd |
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Detective and mystery stories.
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French-Canadian fiction -- History
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African fiction (French) -- History
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Noir fiction -- History and criticism
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Detective and mystery stories, African (French) -- History and criticism
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FICTION -- General.
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African fiction (French)
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Detective and mystery stories
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Detective and mystery stories, African (French)
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French-Canadian fiction
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Noir fiction
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Rezeption
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Französisch
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Kriminalroman
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Afrika
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846317040 |
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1846317045 |
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9781846317132 |
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1846317134 |
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9781846316906 |
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1846316901 |
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1781387826 |
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9781781387825 |
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