Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Latin American Detective Literature in Context
1. Origins and Ideologies of the neopoliciaco
Cuba: Crimes against the State
2. A Revolutionary Aesthetic
3. Masking, Unmasking, and the Return to Signification
Mexico: Crimes against Persons
4. Contesting "la mexicanidad"
5. The Dis-membered City
Epilogue: Globalization and Detective Literature in Spanish
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Detective and mystery stories, Cuban History and criticism, Detective and mystery stories, Mexican History and criticism, Cuban fiction 20th century History and criticism, Mexican fiction 20th century History and criticism, Politics and literature Cuba, Politics and literature Mexico