The Detective in American Fiction, Film, and Television

by Ruth Prigozy and Jerome H. Delamater

The detective, as a preeminent figure in all forms of American popular culture, has become the subject of a variety of theoretical exploration. By investigating that figure, these essays demonstrate how the genre embodies all the contradictions of American society and the ways in which literature and the media attempt to handle those contradictions. Issues of class, gender, and race; the interaction of film and literature; and generic evolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313304637
• ISBN13: 9780313304637
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"