Jean (Hrsg.) Anderson

The Foreign in International Crime Fiction

Transcultural Representations

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'The foreigner' is a familiar character in popular crime fiction, from the foreign detective whose outsider status provides a unique perspective on a familiar or exotic location to the xenophobic portrayal of the criminal 'other'. Exploring popular crime fiction from across the world, The Foreign in International Crime Fiction examines these popular works as 'transcultural contact zones' in which writers can tackle such issues as national identity, immigration, globalization and diaspora communities. Offering readings of 20th and 21st-century crime writing from Norway, the UK, India, China, Europe and Australasia, the essays in this book open… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Miranda, Carolina (Hrsg.) / Pezzotti, Barbara (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-4411-7703-2
EAN: 9781441177032
Produktnummer: 17020890
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'591 KB

Über den Autor

Jean Anderson is Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation. She is the Editor of The New Zealand Journal of French Studies. Carolina Miranda is Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.Barbara Pezzotti is a journalist and Teaching Fellow in Italian at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.