A study of African American detective fiction which includes writers such as J.E. Bruce, Rudolph Fisher, Chester Himes, Ishmael Reed and Clarence Major. Themes such as altered detective personas, double-consciousness detection, black vernaculars and hoodoo are examined in the text.
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Blues Detective: Study of African American Detective Fiction by Stephen Soitos
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CIN0870239961A
9780870239960
0870239961
Blues Detective: Study of African American Detective Fiction by Stephen Soitos
Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Critical/Biographical) 1997
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