Transatlantic Mysteries presents a comparative study that brings together authors Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Manuel Váaacute;zquez Montalbán -from two specific political contexts: post-1968 Mexico and post-Franco Spain- who both work in one specific genre-"noir" detective fiction.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Social Crisi, Modernization, and the Emergence of the "Novela Negra" in Mexico and Spain
Chapter 2 Reading and (Re) Writing Culture: Subversion of Models, Models of Subversion
Chapter 3 "Poisonville" Reincarnated: Modernization, Metropolis, and Spaces of Self-Representation
Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment: Resurrecting Revolution
Chapter 5 Crimes against Culture: Anti-Imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán
