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The papers collected in this volume are a selection from the proceedings of the Cultura Popular conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University in September 1999. The essays deal with aspects of contemporary Spanish or Latin American popular culture, and with the problematics of applying theories of Cultural Studies to these contexts. A diverse range of popular cultural forms is covered by contributors including mural art, artesania, horror film, advertising, music, telenovela, television, literature and tourism, and case studies are drawn from Spain, Argentina,...

The detective genre, or "novela negra," is one of Spain s most popular types of fiction: these books, many written by female writers, have obtained best-selling status and been translated into multiple languages. "Killing Carmens," the first book-length study of women s crime writing in Spain, offers a fresh approach to the study of Spanish crime fiction combining literary criticism with sociological, feminist, and criminological theory. This innovative multidisciplinary volume examines how Spanish female authors have engaged with the traditionally masculine genre of crime writing, turning it...