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Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
Out of the Woodpile Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction - Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Author: Frankie Y. Bailey
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. Bailey argues that a "mythology of race" consisting of themes of sex and savagery exists i...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780313266713
ISBN-10: 0313266719
Publication Date: 2/28/1991
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Greenwood Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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