Fixing the guilt
Detective fiction and the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10836873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muff Andersson (University of South Africa, corresponding author), Elsie Cloete (University of the Witwatersrand) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tydskrif vir letterkunde (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-476X • E-ISSN: 2309-9070 |
| Publisher | Academy of Science of South Africa (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4314/tvl.v43i2.29750 |
| OpenAlex | W2095052500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article examines the emergence of popular detective fiction in Africa as part of a new third wave of literature. While the new wave is a very particular response to conditions on the continent it nevertheless taps into the main streams of detective fiction that have emerged from Britain and in some respects the USA in the last hundred years. In particular this article focuses on the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith and examines ways in which the postcolony reproduces the colony and how, in some respects the erstwhile empire desires to produce the postcolony
Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Detective fiction · Empire · French New Wave · Literature · Movie theater · Social science · Sociology · Third wave · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Travel Writing and Literature
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |