Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)

by Frankie Y. Bailey

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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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Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism, Mystery
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813.0872093520396073Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in EnglishBy typeGenre fictionAdventure fictionMystery fiction
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PS374 .D4 .B34Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureProseProse fiction
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