Criminal proceedings :
Criminal proceedings : the contemporary American crime novel /
edited by Peter Messent.
- Chicago, Ill. : Pluto Press, 1997.
- p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: From Private Eye to Police Procedural - The Logic of Contemporary Crime Fiction / Peter Messent -- 1. Criminal Suits: Style and Surveillance, Strategy and Tactics in Elmore Leonard / Barry Taylor -- 2. Black Noir: Race and Urban Space in Walter Mosley's Detective Fiction / Liam Kennedy -- 3. V. I. Warshawski, Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta: Creating a Feminist Detective Hero / Sabine Vanacker -- 4. The Lesbian Thriller: Transgressive Investigations / Paulina Palmer -- 5. Policing the Margins: Barbara Wilson's Gaudi Afternoon and Troubles in Transylvania / Christopher Gair -- 6. Reading the Signs: Detection and Anthropology in the Work of Tony Hillerman / David Murray -- 7. The Last Good Place; James Crumley, the West and the Detective Novel / John Harvey -- 8. James Ellroy, Los Angeles and the Spectacular Crisis of Masculinity / Josh Cohen -- 9. Law Crimes: The Legal Fictions of John Grisham and Scott Turow / Nick Heffernan. 10. Watching the Detectives: Body Images, Sexual Politics and Ideology in Contemporary Crime Film / Brian Jarvis.
The American crime novel has never been stronger nor more popular. This exciting new collection offers a comprehensive view of some of the most important developments in crime fiction. The contributors explore the significant new directions which the genre has recently taken and examine their importance in terms of American cultural self-definition as they tap into contemporary concerns about place, identity, gender, race, oppression and justice. In particular, the contributors focus on the ways in which new multicultural perspectives are now challenging the predominantly white, male tradition. The work of some of America's best crime writers is examined, including Patricia Cornwell, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosely and Barbara Wilson. The proliferation of sub-genres, such as court and police procedurals, is also examined.
0745310176 (hardcover) 1851270485 0745310168 (pbk.) 0745310176 (hc.) 0745310168
96047828
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
PS374.D4 / C75 1997
813/.087209 813/.087209 813/.087209 813/.087209 391.00954
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: From Private Eye to Police Procedural - The Logic of Contemporary Crime Fiction / Peter Messent -- 1. Criminal Suits: Style and Surveillance, Strategy and Tactics in Elmore Leonard / Barry Taylor -- 2. Black Noir: Race and Urban Space in Walter Mosley's Detective Fiction / Liam Kennedy -- 3. V. I. Warshawski, Kinsey Millhone and Kay Scarpetta: Creating a Feminist Detective Hero / Sabine Vanacker -- 4. The Lesbian Thriller: Transgressive Investigations / Paulina Palmer -- 5. Policing the Margins: Barbara Wilson's Gaudi Afternoon and Troubles in Transylvania / Christopher Gair -- 6. Reading the Signs: Detection and Anthropology in the Work of Tony Hillerman / David Murray -- 7. The Last Good Place; James Crumley, the West and the Detective Novel / John Harvey -- 8. James Ellroy, Los Angeles and the Spectacular Crisis of Masculinity / Josh Cohen -- 9. Law Crimes: The Legal Fictions of John Grisham and Scott Turow / Nick Heffernan. 10. Watching the Detectives: Body Images, Sexual Politics and Ideology in Contemporary Crime Film / Brian Jarvis.
The American crime novel has never been stronger nor more popular. This exciting new collection offers a comprehensive view of some of the most important developments in crime fiction. The contributors explore the significant new directions which the genre has recently taken and examine their importance in terms of American cultural self-definition as they tap into contemporary concerns about place, identity, gender, race, oppression and justice. In particular, the contributors focus on the ways in which new multicultural perspectives are now challenging the predominantly white, male tradition. The work of some of America's best crime writers is examined, including Patricia Cornwell, James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosely and Barbara Wilson. The proliferation of sub-genres, such as court and police procedurals, is also examined.
0745310176 (hardcover) 1851270485 0745310168 (pbk.) 0745310176 (hc.) 0745310168
96047828
Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
PS374.D4 / C75 1997
813/.087209 813/.087209 813/.087209 813/.087209 391.00954