Pimping fictions : African American crime literature and the untold story of Black pulp publishing /

Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. He draws from an impressive array of archival materials to provide a first-of-its-kind literary and cultural history of this dis...

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Main Author:	Gifford, Justin, 1975-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism. Urban fiction, American > History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Crime in literature. Pulp literature, American > Publishing > History. Holloway House Publishing Co. > History. Himes, Chester B., > 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation. Goines, Donald, > 1937-1974 > Criticism and interpretation. Iceberg Slim, > 1918-1992. > Pimp.

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Summary:	Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others. He draws from an impressive array of archival materials to provide a first-of-its-kind literary and cultural history of this distinctive genre, evaluating the artistic and symbolic representations of pimps, sex-workers, drug dealers and political revolutionaries in African American crime literature.
Physical Description:	ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781439908105 (cloth : alk. paper) 1439908109 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781439908112 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1439908117 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781439908129 (e-book) 1439908125 (e-book)