Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Social Crisi, Modernization, and the Emergence of the "Novela Negra" in Mexico and Spain Chapter 2 Reading and (Re) Writing Culture: Subversion of Models, Models of Subversion Chapter 3 "Poisonville" Reincarnated: Modernization, Metropolis, and Spaces of Self-Representation Chapter 4 Memories of Underdevelopment: Resurrecting Revolution Chapter 5 Crimes against Culture: Anti-Imperialism in Taibo and Vázquez Montalbán

About the Author

William J. Nichols is assistant professor of Spanish at Georgia State University.