Our Times, Our Perspectives
The Emergence of Mexican Crime Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23608596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pablo Piccato (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | History of Infamy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/california/9780520292611.003.0007 |
| OpenAlex | W2790446614 |
| ISBN | 9780520292611 |
| Language | EN |
This chapter examines the emergence of a popular genre of crime fiction in Mexico in the 1940s. It looks at magazines and short stories. It argues that despite the lack of official support, this genre became popular and was able to express, through fiction, the problems in the pursuit of truth and justice in front of impunity. Fictional detectives were seldom representatives of the police or the judiciary.
Art · Criminology · Economic Justice · Front (military) · Geography · Human rights · Impunity · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Popular fiction · Sociology · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · History · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |