Eddie quoted Fred Jameson as saying:
> FJ claims 'the detective story form is without
ideological content, w/o
> any overt political or social or philosophical
point, [which] permists
> pure stylistic experimentation' (p. 625).
>
I realize that I haven't read the article, so take this with
a grain of salt. Anyway, isn't it incorrect to say that "the
detective story is without ideological content?" I mean, if
my reading of the history of the detective story is accurate,
the genre was premised on an individual's effort to restore
some semblance of normalcy to a chaotic situation. If that
ain't ideological, what is?
Tribe
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