Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster

Post-Apocalyptic Fictions and the Crisis of Social Order
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-50906-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2667 g

This study explores the 'imaginary of disaster' that appears in popular fictions about the apocalyptic breakdown of society. Focusing on representations of crime, law, violence, vengeance and justice, it argues that an exploration post-apocalyptic story-telling offer us valuable insights into social anxieties.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yar, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Situating the Apocalypse, Crime and Problem of Social Order 2. Law and Disorder in the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape: Social Breakdown, Sovereign Power and the State of Emergency 3. Dangerous Others: 'Race' and Crime after the Apocalypse 4. Crime, Disaster and the Crisis of the Gender Order 5. The Utopian Apocalypse: Crime, Justice and Redemption

Über Autor(innen)

Majid Yar is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hull, UK. He has researched and published widely in the areas of crime & deviance studies, media & popular culture, and social & criminological theory.