| Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest: Bad Boys and Bad Girls in the Badlands Contributor(s): Glassman, Steve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0879728469 ISBN-13: 9780879728465 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In "Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, "a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in "The Petrified Forest "to Russell Crowe's hard-nosed cop in "L.A. Confidential." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Mystery & Detective Fiction - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 813.087 |
| LCCN: 2001037658 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.86" W x 9.22" (1.14 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Tony Hillerman's oddly matched tribal police officers, patrol the mesas and canyons of their Navajo reservation, they join a rich traditon of Southwestern detectives. In Crime Fiction and Film in the Southwest, a group of literary critics tracks the mystery and crime novel from the Painted Desert to Death Valley and Salt Lake City. In addition, the book includes the first comprehensive bibliography of mysteries set in the Southwest and a chapter on Southwest film noir from Humphrey Bogart's tough hood in The Petrified Forest to Russell Crowe's hard-nosed cop in L.A. Confidential. |