Pimping fictions African American crime literature and the untold story of Black pulp publishing / Justin Gifford.
| Author/creator | Gifford, Justin, 1975- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013] |
| Description | ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | He jerked his pistol free and fired it at the pavement : Chester Himes and the transformation of American crime literature -- Pimping fictions : Iceberg Slim and the invention of pimp literature -- The revolution will not be televised : Donald Goines, Holloway House Publishing Company, and the radicalization of Black crime literature -- Black in a white paradise : utopias and imagined solutions in Black crime literature -- For he who is : Players magazine and the reimagining of the American pimp -- The women of street literature : contemporary Black crime fiction and the rise of the self-publishing marketplace. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012032598 |
| ISBN | 9781439908105 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781439908112 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781439908129 (e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |