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Artful assassins : murder as art in modern Mexico / Fernando Fabio Sánchez ; translated from the Spanish by Stephen J. Clark.
Van Pelt Library PQ7207.D48 S36 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sánchez, Fernando Fabio, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery stories, Mexican--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, Mexican.
- Murder in literature.
- Assassination in literature.
- National characteristics, Mexican, in literature.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Literature and revolutions.
- History.
- Mexico--In literature.
- Mexico.
- Literature and revolutions--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Detective and mystery films--Mexico--History and criticism.
- Murder in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Before Mexican crime fiction: the death scene and the construction of postrevolutionary Mexico
- Ensayo de un crimen and el hombre sin rostro: early critiques of nationalism during Mexico's transition to modernity
- El complot mongol and la cabeza de la hidra: the era of latent national crisis
- Cosa fácil, un asesino solitario, and amores perros: the age of national disintegration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826517265
- 0826517269
- OCLC:
- 473655559
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