| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 216 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20
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Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the frivolous literary -- "Pas de littérature" : Abasse Ndione and the rise of crime -- Minor mistranslations : Simon Njami and the making of the Parisianist Himes -- Crime pays : Achille Ngoye and the Série noire -- Ethnographic erotics : Bolya and the writing of the other -- Terreur Rose : Kouty, mémoire de sang and the gendering of noir -- Going out blazing : Mongo Beti's last two novels. |
| Summary |
Noir Atlantic follows the influence of African American author Chester Himes on Francophone African crime fiction. For African authors, Paris-based Chester Hime's novels also modeled an escape from a high literary paradigm inherited from the colonial experience. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 -- Influence.
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Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984. |
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Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984. |
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Detective and mystery stories.
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Detective and mystery stories. |
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French-Canadian fiction -- History.
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French-Canadian fiction. |
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History. |
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African fiction (French) -- History.
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African fiction (French) |
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Noir fiction -- History and criticism.
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Noir fiction. |
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Detective and mystery stories, African (French) -- History and criticism.
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Detective and mystery stories, African (French) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Higginson, Pim. Noir Atlantic. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011 1846316901 (OCoLC)699723318 |
| ISBN |
9781846317040 (electronic book) |
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1846317045 (electronic book) |
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9781846317132 |
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1846317134 |
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9781846316906 (cased) |
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1846316901 (cased) |
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