Anglophone African Detective Fiction 1940-2020
Anglophone African Detective Fiction 1940-2020
The State, the Citizen, and the Sovereign Ideal
Christensen, Professor Matthew J.
James Currey
03/2026
244
Mole
Inglês
9781847013958
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens after
Independence
3. Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens after
Independence
3. Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023
Bibliography
Index
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Anglophone African Literature; African Detective Literature; African Crime Fiction; Neoliberal Noir; Detective Literature; Literature History; Crime Novel Studies
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens after
Independence
3. Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: Africanizing Detective Fiction's Un/Sovereign Subjects
1. Dispossession, Rescue, and the Sovereign Self in the Colonial-Era Detective Story
2. Sovereign States: Police Investigators, Secret Agents, and Sleuthing Citizens after
Independence
3. Decolonization Arrested
Part 2: Neoliberal Noir
4. Neoliberal Noir
5. Seriality, Stasis, and the Neoliberal State
6. Managed Risk and the Deadly Allure of Transparency
Conclusion: Detective Fiction and the Future Imperfect
An Anglophone African Detective Fiction Bibliography, 1940-2023
Bibliography
Index
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