Globalization and the state in contemporary crime fiction : a world of crime / Andrew Pepper, David Schmid, editor.
Why has crime fiction become a global genre? How do writers use crime fiction to reflect upon the changing nature of crime and policing in our contemporary world? This book argues that the globalization of crime fiction should not be celebrated uncritically. Instead, it looks at the new forms and te...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Notes on the Contributors; Introduction: Globalization and€the€State in€Contemporary Crime Fiction; The State and€the€Globe; Globalization and€the€State in€Contemporary Crime Fiction; A World of€Crime; Bibliography; The Bad and€the€Evil: Justice in€the€Novels of€Pago Ignacio Taibo II; Bibliography; Work and€Death in€the€Global City: Natsuo Kirino's Out as€Neoliberal Noir; Transnational Noir; Noir in€the€Global City; Out as€Neoliberal Noir; "Lunch of€Champions"; The Gendering of€Exploitation; Taking Out the€Trash; Noir or Life Between Two Deaths; (Beyond) The€Neoliberal Death Drive.
- The Way OutThe Work of€Noir; Bibliography; "Local Hells" and€State Crimes: Place, Politics, and€Deviance in€David Peace's Red Riding Quartet; Bloody Yorkshire; Local Hells; Peace Man; Politics of€Location; Bibliography; The State We're In: Global Politics and€Economics in€the€Novels of€Dominique Manotti; Bibliography; The Scene of€the€Crime is the€Crime: The€Southern Border and€the€Representation of€Violence in€Cormac McCarthy and€Don Winslow; Cormac McCarthy's Crime Scene; The Uncanny Crime Scene of€Winslow's The Power of€the€Dog; Bibliography.
- True-Crime, Crime Fiction, and€Journalism in€MexicoBibliography; The Novel of€Violence in€Latin American Literature; Crime Fiction and€Modernity; Roberto Bolaño's 2666; The brutalist fiction of€Rubem Fonseca; Garcia-Roza's novels: the€Inspector Espinosa Mysteries; The Novel of€Violence: a€New Literary Genre?; Bibliography; Scandinavian Crime Fiction and€the€Facts: Social Criticism, Epistemology, and€Globalization; Globalization as€Epistemological Problem; Scandinavian Crime Fiction's Epistemologies; The Independent-Minded Investigator; The Emotional Investigator; The Revenge of€the€Positivist.
- Just the€FactsBibliography; John le Carré and€The€New Novel of€Global (In)security; A Most Wanted Man: The€Politics of€Preemption; Our Kind of€Traitor: The€State-Organized Crime Nexus; A Delicate Truth: Public/Private Security and€the€Marketization of€Intelligence; Bibliography; Geopolitical Reality: The€Thriller, Global Power, and€the€Logic of€Revelation; Introduction: The€Thriller, Realism, and€Crime Fiction; The Thriller: Conspiracy and€Totality; Alternative History; Murder, Killing and€Genocide; Typology, Ideology, Purely Objective Reality; Conclusion: The€Place of€Global Power.