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Criminal Cities: The Postcolonial Novel and Cathartic Crime (Cultural Frames) (Paperback)

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Why does crime feature at the center of so many postcolonial novels set in major cities? This book interrogates the connections that can be found between narratives of crime, cities, and colonialism to bring to light the ramifications of this literary preoccupation, as well as possibilities for cultural, aesthetic, and political catharsis.

Examining late-twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels set in London, Belfast, Mumbai, Sydney, Johannesburg, Nairobi, and urban areas in the Palestinian West Bank, Criminal Cities considers the marks left by neocolonialism and imperialism on the structures, institutions, and cartographies of twenty-first-century cities. Molly Slavin suggests that literary depictions of urban crime can offer unique capabilities for literary characters, as well as readers, to process and negotiate that lingering colonial violence, while also providing avenues for justice and forms of reparations.

About the Author


Molly Slavin is Assistant Professor of English at Clark Atlanta University. Her work has appeared in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, The Global South, and The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association.

Product Details
ISBN: 9780813949574
ISBN-10: 0813949572
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication Date: May 24th, 2023
Pages: 282
Language: English
Series: Cultural Frames