| Crime Scene Spain: Essays on Post-Franco Crime Fiction Contributor(s): Craig-Odders, Renée W. (Editor), Collins, Jacky (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0786441577 ISBN-13: 9780786441570 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: 863.087 |
| LCCN: 2009015999 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This essay collection examines the changing cultural, political and physical landscape of Spain as represented in Spanish crime fiction of the last three decades. The first several essays focus on crime fiction set in Barcelona and look at, among other topics, the symbiotic relationship between the city and the detective in Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma's long-running Inspector Mendez series, Manuel Vazquez Montalban's treatments of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, and place and identity in Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett's Petra Delicado series. Other essays examine regional and cultural illiteracy in Jorge Martinez Reverte's Galvez series and Spain's changing urban centers as represented in Andreu Martin's El blues de la semana mas negra. |