Detecting the South in fiction, film, & television / edited by Deborah E. Barker & Theresa Starkey.
"The mean streets that tough, trench-coated detectives travel are so often associated with urban settings--typically New York or Los Angeles--that audiences can easily overlook the presence of the American South in crime fiction and film noir. Recent years have witnessed a growth in the product...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
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| Series: | Southern literary studies.
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| Summary: | "The mean streets that tough, trench-coated detectives travel are so often associated with urban settings--typically New York or Los Angeles--that audiences can easily overlook the presence of the American South in crime fiction and film noir. Recent years have witnessed a growth in the production and popularity of southern noir and detective narratives, with works such as James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels and the first season of True Detective attesting to the powerful impact of the southern imaginary on the genre"-- |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 350 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-337) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807171653 0807171654 |