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Out of the woodpile : black characters in crime and detective fiction

Contending that a "mythology of race" consisting of themes of sex and savagery exists in the United States and is perpetuated in popular culture, the author identifies stereotypical images of blacks in crime and detective fiction and probes the implied values and collective fantasies found there.
Print Book, English, 1991
Greewood Press, New York, 1991