Overview

At the heart of crime fiction is an investigation into an act of violence. Studies of the genre have generally centered on the relationship between the criminal and the investigator. Focusing on contemporary crime fiction from the Spanish-speaking world, this collection of new essays explores the role of the victim. Contributors discuss how the definition of ""victim,"" the nature of the crime, the identification of the body and its treatment by authorities reflect shifting social landscapes, changing demographics, economic crises and political corruption and instability.

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Author:   Shalisa M. Collins ,  Renée W. Craig-Odders ,  Marcella L. Paul
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.322kg
ISBN:  

9780786499083

ISBN 10:   0786499087
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   23 July 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction (Shalisa M. Collins, Renée W. ­Craig-Odders, and Marcella L. Paul) Spain Expendable Commodities: Women and Children as Victims of the Sex Trade in Contemporary Spanish Crime Fiction (Renée W. ­Craig-Odders) Susana Hernández’s Crime Fiction and Resolution Through Resistance (Nina L. Molinaro) Dying Like a Man: Feminization and Castration in Two Novels by Lorenzo Silva (Elena Iglesias-Villamel) Violence as Representative of Societal Ethos in Arturo Peréz-Reverte’s El francotirador paciente (Jeffrey Oxford) Latin America Who Is the Victim Here?: The City, the Corpse and Genre in the Crime Novels of Ramón Díaz Eterovic (Shalisa M. Collins) Crime and Punishment: From Victims to Avengers in Eduardo Sacheri’s La noche de la Usina (Carolina Miranda) Bodies and Other Texts: Censoring the Victim in Martín Solares’s Los minutos negros (Marcella L. Paul) The Lost Daughters of Mexico: Crime and Impunity in David Toscana’s Los puentes de Königsberg (Judy Cervantes) Reimagining the Novela Negra: The Victim’s Perspective in “El chico sucio” (Gizella Meneses) About the Contributors Index

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Shalisa M. Collins is an associate professor of Spanish at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. She has published articles and chapters on Latin American crime fiction and writers of the neo-policial. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Renée W. Craig-Odders is a professor of Spanish at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. The author of several articles and books on Spanish detective fiction, she lives in Plover, Wisconsin. Marcella L. Paul is Professor Emeritus of Spanish at St. Norbert College. She has published articles on Latin American detective fiction and on the influence of the genre on post-modernist narrative. She lives in Eagle River, Wisconsin.

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