Murder in the Multinational State: Crime Fiction from Spain

ISBN-13: 9781032092348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 212 str.

Stewart King

Opis

Crime Fiction from Spain: Murder in the Multinational State　provides a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between detective fiction and national and cultural identities in post-Franco democratic Spain. What sort of stories are told about the nation within the state in the crime genre?

Spis treści

Preface: A Confession of Sorts

Introduction: Constructing Communities in Crime Fiction: The Case of Spain

Chapter 1: Nations and their Margins: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán’s Carvalho Series

Chapter 2: Criminal Records and Democratic Futures: Investigating the Spanish Civil War and Franco Dictatorship

Chapter 3: The Language of Detection in Catalan Crime Fiction

Chapter 4: The Consequences of Crime: Victims in the Basque Thriller

Chapter 5: The Usual Suspects: Investigating Stereotypes and Modernity in the Galician Crime Novel

Chapter 6: Contemporary Police Fiction: The Return of Centralised Authority

Conclusion: Interrogating Identities in the Multinational, Multicultural State and Beyond

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Stewart King is Senior Lecturer　in Spanish and Latin American Studies and coordinates the International Literatures program at Monash University, Australia.　He completed a PhD in Spanish and Catalan Studies at La Trobe University.　He is the author of　Escribir la catalanidad　(Tamesis, 2005) and has edited or co-edited several collections, including　The　Space of Culture: Critical Readings in Hispanic Studies　(University of Delaware Press, 2004) and "The Future of Memory in Spain" (Bulletin of Hispanic Studies　2017). He is currently co-editing The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction.