Regeneration through Genre: Romancing Katrina in crime fiction from Tubby Meets Katrina to K-Ville

Journal of American Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 553-571

  Yousaf, Nahem ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650084485     PISSN: 00218758     EISSN: 14695154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021875810001234     Document Type: Article

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