African American Mystery Writers: A Historical and Thematic Study

by Frankie Y. Bailey

The book describes the movement by African American authors from slave narratives and antebellum newspapers into fiction writing, and the subsequent developments of black genre fiction through the present. It analyzes works by modern African American mystery writers, focusing on sleuths, the social locations of crime, victims and offenders, the notion of "doing justice," and the role of African American cultural vernacular in mystery fiction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786433396
• ISBN13: 9780786433391
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher