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Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster
Professor Majid Yar
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Description for Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137509062
SKU
V9781137509062
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Ref
99-15
About Professor Majid Yar
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.
Reviews for Crime and the Imaginary of Disaster
"Chaos! Apocalypse! Doom! In this volume Majid Yar takes up these most spectacular and enduring images of human mortality and masterfully traces them to their most familiar intersections crime, violence and disorder. Tangling with zombies, mutants and monsters of all kinds, Yar's vast and lively repertoire of political and cultural theory provides all the ammunition necessary to fight through our ... Read more