Anglophone African detective fiction 1940-2020 : The state, the citizen, and the sovereign ideal / Matthew J. Christensen.
Christensen, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1970- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2024
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Title
Anglophone African detective fiction 1940-2020 : The state, the citizen, and the sovereign ideal / Matthew J. Christensen.
Author
Christensen, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1970- author.
ISBN
9781805432425
1805432427
1847013872
9781847013873
Published
Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] : James Currey, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : illustrations.
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PR9344 .C47 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
823.00996
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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African articulations.
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Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens afterIndependence
3. . Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023.

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