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

Title
Pimping fictions [electronic resource] : African American crime literature and the untold story of Black pulp publishing / Justin Gifford.
Author
Gifford, Justin, 1975-
Publication
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013]

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 205 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Pimping fictions (Online)
Alternative Title
Pimping fictions (Online)
Subject
  • Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Goines, Donald, 1937-1974 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Iceberg Slim, 1918-1992
  • Holloway House Publishing Co. > History
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2012032598
OCLC
ssj0000833875
Author
Gifford, Justin, 1975-
Title
Pimping fictions [electronic resource] : African American crime literature and the untold story of Black pulp publishing / Justin Gifford.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2013]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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