Traces, Codes, and Clues
Traces, Codes, and Clues2002
About this book
This text explores the ways in which crime fiction manipulates cultural constructions such as race and gender to inscribe dominant cultural discourses. It notes that even those writers who set out to revise conventions repeatedly produce some of the genre's most conservative elements.
Details
- First published
- 2002
- OL Work ID
- OL3452656W
Subjects
African Americans in literatureAmerican Detective and mystery storiesBlacks in literatureCrime in literatureDetective and mystery stories, AmericanDetective and mystery stories, EnglishEnglish Detective and mystery storiesHistory and criticismPopular literatureRace in literatureRace relations in literatureRacism in literatureWhites in literatureDetective and mystery stories, history and criticismWhite people in literatureBlack people in literature