Genre Innovations in Detective Fiction | MAPACA

This panel will examine innovations in the detective fiction genre through detective/fantasy hybrid fiction, slipstream fusion of detective and literary fiction, and detective films in the postmodern era.

Presentations

Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: A Genre Fusion of Detective and Fantasy Fiction

Presenters

David C. Wright Jr.

The Social Utility of Slipstream Fiction

Presenters

Okla Elliott

Down These Mean Pomo Streets a Contemporary Detective Must Go…

Presenters

Peter Mascuch

Session chairs

David C. Wright Jr.