{"product_id":"certainty-and-ambiguity-in-global-mystery-fiction","title":"Certainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMystery fiction as a genre renders moral judgments not only about detectives and criminals but also concerning the cultural structures within which these mysteries unfold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to other volumes which examine morality in crime fiction through the lenses of personal guilt and personal justice, \u003ci\u003eCertainty and Ambiguity in Global Mystery Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the effect of moral imagination on the moral structures implicit in the genre.  In recent years, public awareness has attended to the relationship between social structures and justice, and this collection centers on how personal ethics and social ethics are bound together amidst the shifting moral landscapes of mystery fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors discuss the interplay between personal guilt and social guilt – considering morality and justice on an individual level and at a societal level – using frameworks of certainty and ambiguity. They show how individual characters in works by Agatha Christie, Gabriel García Márquez, Natsuo Kirino, F.H. Batacan, and Stephen King, among others, may view their moral standing with certainty but clash with the established mores of their culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing essays on Japanese, Filipino, Indian, and Colombian mystery fiction, as well as American and British fiction, this volume analyzes social guilt and justice across cultures, showing how individuals grapple with the certainty, and, at times, the moral ambiguity, of their respective cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526772478296,"sku":"9798765105788","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9798765105788.jpg?v=1765701941","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/certainty-and-ambiguity-in-global-mystery-fiction","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}