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Chicano detective fiction : a critical study of five novelists / Susan Baker Sotelo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sotelo, Susan Baker, 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- American fiction--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
- Mexican Americans.
- Mexican Americans in literature.
- American fiction--Mexican American authors.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 225 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
- Summary:
- "The models of this relatively new Chicano genre are first discussed. Next come analysis and reviews rendering a particular regional or cultural variation of what it means to be Chicano. It is this departure from the norm that defines their writings and distinguishes them from the Anglo-American and British whodunit"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chicano romance: histories and mythologization
- The shaman sleuth: Rudolfo Anaya's shaman winter
- The lieutenant and the chevalier, Buenrostro and Dupin: Rolando Hinojosa's partners in crime
- Poetry in action: Lucha Corpi's cactus blood
- Breaking the macho mold: Manuel Ramos
- Marginalization in Aztlacn: Michael Nava's gay detective
- More salsa: Latino detective fiction in the United States ; and interviews with the Chicano Chefs Anaya, Corpi, Hinojosa, Nava, and Ramos
- Identity: is a wrap a taco or is a taco a wrap?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786421851
- OCLC:
- 58546578
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