On Colonial and Post-Colonial Detective Fiction: Citizens, Aliens, and the Sources of Crime

• In Event: Politics and Narratives: What We Can Learn from a Variety of Different Texts

Brief Overview

In detective stories, knowledge of justice requires an investigator who observes life of the regime while remaining independent of it. The alien character of private detectives enables them to penetrate the culture to arrive at truth and justice.

Author

• Peter Josephson, Saint Anselm College