A Companion to Latin American Crime Fiction
Series: Tamesis Companions; 5;
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Product details:
- Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Date of Publication 12 August 2025
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781855663787
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English 686
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Short description:
The first integrated overview in English of Latin American crime fiction, a flourishing genre offering unique perspectives and features.
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The first integrated overview in English of Latin American crime fiction, a flourishing genre with unique perspectives and characteristics. Latin American crime fiction has a long and rich history, and this volume offers the first integrated overview in English of a flourishing tradition with unique perspectives and characteristics. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of a multifarious genre often shortened to neopolicíaco or neopolicial, this Companion explores noir literature in Latin America. The first part looks at the history of the novela negra and its manifestations in Mexico, Argentina, Cuba and Brazil. The second part examines patterns and trends including literary crime fiction, the narconovela, a concern for increasing racial and sexual diversity and the phenomenon of true crime. In the third part, expert analyses are given of four leading authors and their work: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Claudia Piñeiro and Rubem Fonseca. The book closes with a chapter on screen adaptations of crime fiction for film and television. Overall, the Companion provides a clear and authoritative account of Latin American crime fiction, showcasing its variety, fluidity and adaptability.
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List of Contributors Introduction - Philip Swanson Part I: Time and Place 1. History - Ailsa Peate 2. Mexico - Persephone Braham 3. Argentina - Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz 4. Cuba - Carlos Uxo 5. Brazil - Natalia Jacovkis Part II: Themes and Trends 6. Literary Crime Fiction - Philip Swanson 7. Narconarratives - Ruth N. Solarte-Hengsen 8. Diversity in Crime Fiction - Osvaldo di Paolo Harrison 9. True Crime - Kate Guinn Part III: Four Major Authors 10. Paco Ignacio Taibo II - Charlotte Lange 11. Leonardo Padura Fuentes - Fabienne Viala 12. Claudia Piñeiro - Fiona Mackintosh 13. Rubem Fonseca - M. Elizabeth Ginway Part IV: Beyond the Written Word 14. Latin American Crime Fiction on Screen - David Conlon Further Reading
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