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OverviewThe presence of bodies and sex in detective fiction has been a long-term feature of this internationally popular genre. Titillation is at the centre of narratives reliant upon discovery and revelation: motives and criminals are slowly revealed, along with sexualized and violated bodies – from femmes fatales to the corpses of victims. A satisfying, gratifying genre for its readership, the detective novel promises the disruption and subsequent restoration of order in societies tarnished by disillusionment which hope for a better future. This book takes as its focus examples of detective fiction from Cuba and Mexico during or in the aftermath of huge social upheaval (the Special Period and the War on Drugs), analyzing representations of sexualities, bodies, and the genre itself. Through an investigation of novels by Leonardo Padura and Amir Valle of Cuba, and Bef and Rogelio Guedea of Mexico, this work investigates increasingly fluid sexualities and bodies in challenging examples of metaphysical detective fiction, a particularly anxious subgenre which challenges both the structures and limits of the detective novel and the reader’s understanding of true and false and right and wrong, representative of troubling periods of severe social disruption for Cuba and Mexico. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ailsa PeatePublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press Volume: 31 ISBN: 9781802078886ISBN 10: 1802078886 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 28 November 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER TWO: ‘TRASMUTACIÓN, TRANSFORMISMO Y MÁSCARAS’: QUEERING THE GENRE WITH LEONARDO PADURA’S MÁSCARAS CHAPTER THREE: BOUNDARY BREAKING AND NEW ICONS IN AMIR VALLE’S EL DESCENSO A LOS INFIERNOS CHAPTER FOUR: VIOLENCE AND GRATIFICATION IN BEF’S DETECTIVE MIJANGOS SERIES CHAPTER FIVE: SEX, LIES, AND SUBJECTIVITY IN ROGELIO GUEDEA’S COLIMA TRILOGY CHAPTER SIX: DARK MUTATIONS WORKS CITEDReviewsAuthor InformationAilsa Peate is a Lecturer in Hispanic and Museum Studies at the University of Westminster. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |