Out of the woodpile black characters in crime and detective fiction
Title:
Out of the woodpile black characters in crime and detective fiction
Author:
Bailey, Frankie Y.
ISBN:
9780313064272
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Publication Information:
New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 188 p.)
Series:
Contributions to the study of popular culture, no. 27
Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 27.
Abstract:
This first sociohistorical study of the evolution of black detectives and other African American characters in crime and detective fiction identifies stereotypical images of blacks and probes the implied values and collective fantasies found in this genre.
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