{"product_id":"9781554589265-detecting-canada","title":"Detecting Canada","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssays on Canadian Crime Fiction, Television, and Film\u003cbr\u003eThe first serious book-length study of crime writing in Canada, \u003cem\u003eDetecting Canada\u003c\/em\u003e contains thirteen essays on many of Canada's most popular crime writers. Genres examined range from the well-loved police procedural and the amateur sleuth to those less well known, such as anti-detection and contemporary noir novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first serious book-length study of crime writing in Canada, \u003ci\u003eDetecting Canada\u003c\/i\u003e contains thirteen essays on many of Canada's most popular crime writers, including Peter Robinson, Giles Blunt, Gail Bowen, Thomas King, Michael Slade, Margaret Atwood, and Anthony Bidulka. Genres examined range from the well-loved police procedural and the amateur sleuth to those less well known, such as anti-detection and contemporary noir novels. The book looks critically at the esteemed sixties' television show \u003ci\u003eWojeck\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the more recent series \u003ci\u003eDa Vinci's Inquest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDa Vinci's City Hall,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntelligence\u003c\/i\u003e, and the controversial \u003ci\u003eDurham County\u003c\/i\u003e, a critically acclaimed but violent television series that ran successfully in both Canada and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eDetecting Canada\u003c\/i\u003e look at texts from a variety of perspectives, including postcolonial studies, gender and queer studies, feminist studies, Indigenous studies, and critical race and class studies. Crime fiction, enjoyed by so many around the world, speaks to all of us about justice, citizenship, and important social issues in an uncertain world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55892122468726,"sku":"9781554589265","price":41.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781554589265-detecting-canada","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}