Brown Gumshoes : : Detective Fiction and the Search for Chicana/o Identity / / Ralph E. Rodriguez.
Popular fiction, with its capacity for diversion, can mask important cultural observations within a framework that is often overlooked in the academic world. Works thought to be merely "escapist" can often be more seriously mined for revelations regarding the worlds they portray, especiall...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2005 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | CMAS History, Culture, and Society Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction ALIENATED EYE/I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE CHICANA/O DETECTIVE NOVEL
- Chapter 1 ROLANDO HINOJOSA’S KCDT SERIES: INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY AND THE ADVANCE OF LATE CAPITALISM IN BELKEN COUNTY
- Chapter 2 MICHAEL NAVA’S HENRY RIOS SERIES: YOU CAN’T STEP IN THE SAME RÍO TWICE
- Chapter 3 LUCHA CORPI’S GLORIA DAMASCO SERIES: DETECTING CULTURAL MEMORY AND CHICANIDAD
- Chapter 4 MANUEL RAMOS’S LUIS MONTEZ SERIES: ¿QUIÉN SOY YO? CRISES OF IDENTITY AND CULTURE
- Chapter 5 RUDOLFO ANAYA’S SONNY BACA SERIES: GOVERNING THE SELF IN A SEA OF CHANGE
- Conclusion: LOOKING BACK, POINTING FORWARD
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX