{"product_id":"detecting-the-south-in-fiction-film-and-television-9780807171653","title":"Detecting the South in Fiction, Film, and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetecting the South in Fiction, Film, \u0026amp; Television\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Deborah E. Barker and Theresa Starkey, examines the often-overlooked and undervalued impact of the U.S. South on the origins and development of the detective genre and film noir. This wide-ranging collection engages with ongoing discussions about genre, gender, social justice, critical race theory, popular culture, cinema, and mass media. Focusing on the South, these essays uncover three frequently interrelated themes: the acknowledgment of race as it relates to slavery, segregation, and discrimination; the role of land as a source of income, an ecologically threatened space, or a place of seclusion; and the continued presence of the southern gothic in recurring elements such as dilapidated plantation houses, swamps, family secrets, and the occult. Twenty-two critical essays probe how southern detective narratives intersect with popular genre forms such as neo-noir, hard-boiled fiction, the dark thriller, suburban noir, amateur sleuths, journalist detectives, and television police procedurals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alongside essays by scholars, \u003ci\u003eDetecting the South in Fiction, Film, and Television \u003c\/i\u003epresents pieces by authors of detective and crime fiction, including Megan Abbott and Ace Atkins, who address the extent to which the South and its artistic traditions influenced their own works. By considering the diversity of authors and characters associated with the genre, this accessible collection provides an overdue examination of the historical, political, and aesthetic contexts out of which the southern detective narrative emerged and continues to evolve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah E. Barker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807171653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah E. Barker\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English at the University of Mississippi, is the author of \u003ci\u003eReconstructing Violence: The Southern Rape Complex in Film and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAesthetics and Gender in American Literature: Portraits of the Woman Artist\u003c\/i\u003e. She coedited, with Kathryn B. McKee, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cinema and the Southern Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheresa Starkey\u003c\/b\u003e is associate director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi. Her scholarship and creative work have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41015324672115,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":101.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_611c990e-8485-4ff5-9319-b50ed92c52ad.jpg?v=1697556481","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/detecting-the-south-in-fiction-film-and-television-9780807171653","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}