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CONTENTS Foreword by José E. Limón ix Acknowledgments xiii introduction Alienated Eye/I: The Emergence of the Chicana/o Detective Novel 1 chapter 1 Rolando Hinojosa’s kcdt Series: Instrumental Rationality and the Advance of Late Capitalism in Belken County 14 chapter 2 Michael Nava’s Henry Rios Series: You Can’t Step in the Same Río Twice 34 chapter 3 Lucha Corpi’s Gloria Damasco Series: Detecting Cultural Memory and Chicanidad 55 chapter 4 Manuel Ramos’s Luis Montez Series:¿Quién soy yo? Crises of Identity and Culture 78 chapter 5 Rudolfo Anaya’s Sonny Baca Series: Governing the Self in a Sea of Change 106 conclusion Looking Back, Pointing Forward 125 Notes 141 Works Cited 161 Index 175 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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