Class, Labor, and the Home-Front Detective: Hammett, Chandler, Woolrich, and the Dissident Lawman (and Woman) in 1940s Hollywood and Beyond

Part of a special issue on the many faces of violence. The writer traces the movement of the home-front detective through selected key texts and argues that this movement is congruent with that of labor as a whole. He demonstrates how the transition by the home-front detective toward operating outsi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broe, Dennis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
In: Social justice
Year: 2005, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-185
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961
Working Class
Novelists
Pulp literature
Working class writings
Conformity
Industrial relations > United States > History
Motion Pictures
Detectives
Labor movement > History