The noir Atlantic : Chester Himes and the birth of the francophone African crime novel /

The noir Atlantic : Chester Himes and the birth of the francophone African crime novel /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Higginson, Pim.
Imprint:Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 216 pages)
Language:English
Series:Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20
Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 20.
Subject:
Himes, Chester B., -- 1909-1984 -- Influence.
Himes, Chester B., -- 1909-1984.
Detective and mystery stories.
French-Canadian fiction -- History.
African fiction (French) -- History.
Noir fiction -- History and criticism.
Detective and mystery stories, African (French) -- History and criticism.
African fiction (French)
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery stories, African (French)
French-Canadian fiction.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Noir fiction.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300508
Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:9781846317040
1846317045
9781846317132
1846317134
9781846316906
1846316901
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Higginson, Pim. Noir Atlantic. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011 1846316901

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