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Bitter Laughter: The Sociology of Race and Rioting in Chester Himes's Harlem

Panel: 
American Detective
Abstract: 

This presentation situates the detective fiction of Chester Himes in the context of the inner-city riots of the 1960s and the contemporaneous sociological studies of so-called “black underclass” cultural pathology.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Thomas
Last Name: 
Heise
Institution: 
McGill University