{"product_id":"criminal-cities-molly-slavin-9780813949574","title":"Criminal Cities: The Postcolonial Novel and Cathartic Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining late-twentieth- and twenty-first-century novels set in London, Belfast, Mumbai, Sydney, Johannesburg, Nairobi, and urban areas in the Palestinian West Bank, \u003ci\u003eCriminal Cities\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Slavin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813949572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813949574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Molly Slavin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132869603583,"sku":"9780813949574","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74285982-2531-4159-902a-9324506f0b3d.jpg?v=1687482793","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/criminal-cities-molly-slavin-9780813949574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}