Crime fiction, South Africa : a critical introduction

Crime fiction is an emergent category in South African literary studies. This introduction positions South African crime fiction and its scholarship in a global lineage of crime and detective fiction. The survey addresses the question of its literary status as ‘highbrow’ or ‘lowbrow’. It also identi...

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Main Author:	Naidu, Sam
Language:	English
Published:	Southern African Literature and Culture Centre 2013
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10962/53743 http://0-dx.doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1080/1013929X.2013.833416 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9456-8657

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Crime fiction, South Africa : a critical introduction

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