{"product_id":"detecting-canada-jeannette-sloniowski-9781554589265","title":"Detecting Canada: Essays on Canadian Crime Fiction, Television, and Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first serious book-length study of crime writing in Canada, \u003ci\u003eDetecting Canada\u003c\/i\u003e Canada's most popular crime writers, including Peter Robinson, Giles Blunt, Gail Bowen, Thomas King, Michael Slade, Margaret Atwood, and Anthony Bidulka. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenres 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeannette Sloniowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1554589266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781554589265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2014 pg. 18","brand":"Jeannette Sloniowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761297420543,"sku":"9781554589265","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ffc56130-ed8b-4171-bed3-984853040394.jpg?v=1706680930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/detecting-canada-jeannette-sloniowski-9781554589265","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}