Latin American Detectives against Power

Latin American Detectives against Power
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781793651655
ISBN-13 : 1793651655
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Book Synopsis Latin American Detectives against Power by : Fabricio Tocco

Download or read book Latin American Detectives against Power written by Fabricio Tocco and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Latin American detective stories portray individualism and the state through the figures of the private eye and the police. Fabricio Tocco argues that these portrayals constitute a far more radical critique than the one developed by the Anglo-American canon, culminating in a transnational “poetics of failure” rooted in dissatisfaction with the neoliberal state.

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