Tell your friends about this item:
Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction - Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Bailey, Frankie Y., Ph.D. (University of Albany (SUNY), USA)
Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction - Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Bailey, Frankie Y., Ph.D. (University of Albany (SUNY), USA)
Contending that a "mythology of race" consisting of themes of sex and savagery exists in the United States and is perpetuated in popular culture, the author identifies stereotypical images of blacks in crime and detective fiction and probes the implied values and collective fantasies found there.
208 pages, bibliography, index
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 15, 1991 |
ISBN13 | 9780313266713 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Pages | 208 |
Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 21 mm · 510 g |