The Foreign in International Crime Fiction

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The Foreign in International Crime Fiction is written by Jean Anderson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1441181989 (ISBN 10) and 9781441181985 (ISBN 13).

'The foreigner' is a familiar character in popular crime fiction, from the foreign detective whose outsider status provides a unique perspective on a familiar or exotic location to the xenophobic portrayal of the criminal 'other'. Exploring popular crime fiction from across the world, The Foreign in International Crime Fiction examines these popular works as 'transcultural contact zones' in which writers can tackle such issues as national identity, immigration, globalization and diaspora communities. Offering readings of 20th and 21st-century crime writing from Norway, the UK, India, China, Europe and Australasia, the essays in this book open up new directions for scholarship on crime writing and transnational literatures.