Detectives stories and city life

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作者：
Bershady, Harold J. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Sociol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
来源：
SOCIETY | 2007年 / 44卷 / 05期
关键词：
big city; small town; urban village; innocence; danger; detective as type; detective as observer; detective as model; orientation gained; ethnicity; race; gender; familiars; strangers;
D O I：
10.1007/s12115-007-9015-y
中图分类号：
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
Detective stories take place mainly in two settings, constantly changing, many faceted big cities filled with strangers, and stable, fairly homogeneous, innocent small towns whose members know one another. The differences in each clarify the qualities of the other. In solving the mystery of the small town, the detective provides moral instruction and restores the town's innocence. In solving the mystery in the big city the detective reveals the city as part of the mystery and provides the reader with temporary orientation to the city. Mysteries have grown with the growth of the cities and now appear in every country of the world.
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页码：70 / 76
页数：7
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