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020			_a0745310176 (hardcover)
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020			_a0745310176 (hc.)
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050	0	0	_aPS374.D4 _bC75 1997
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082			_a391.00954
245	0	0	_aCriminal proceedings : _bthe contemporary American crime novel / _cedited by Peter Messent.
260			_aChicago, Ill. : _bPluto Press, _c1997.
263			_a97
300			_ap. cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
505	8		_a10. Watching the Detectives: Body Images, Sexual Politics and Ideology in Contemporary Crime Film / Brian Jarvis.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aDetective and mystery stories, American _xHistory and criticism. _9294
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _y20th century _xHistory and criticism. _9295
700	1		_aMessent, Peter B. _9296
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