Monsters, Law, Crime : Explorations in Gothic Criminology Hardback
Edited by Caroline Joan "Kay" S. Picart
Part of the The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Law, Culture, and the Humanities series
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Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays written by prominent U.S. and international experts in Law, Criminology, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Film, constitutes a rigorous attempt to explore fertile interdisciplinary inquiries into “monsters” and “monster-talk,” and law and crime. “Monsters” may refer to allegorical or symbolic fantastic beings (as in literature, film, legends, myths, etc.), or actual or real life monsters, as well as the interplay/ambiguity between the two general types of “monsters.” This edited collection thus explores and updates contemporary discussions of the emergent and evolving fronts of monster theory in relation to cutting-edge research on law and crime, and may be seen as extensions of a Gothic Criminology, generally construed.
Gothic Criminology refers to a theoretical framework initially developed by Caroline Joan “Kay” S.
Picart, a Philosophy and Film professor turned Attorney and Law professor, and Cecil Greek, a Sociologist (Picart and Greek 2008).
Succinctly paraphrased, noting the proliferation of Gothic modes of narration and visualization in American popular culture, academia and even public policy, Picart and Greek proposed a framework, which they described as a “Gothic Criminology” to attempt to analyze the fertile lacunae connecting the “real” and the “reel” in the flow of Gothic metaphors and narratives that abound around criminological phenomena that populate not only popular culture but also academic and public policy discourses.
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- Pages:310 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
- Publisher:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Publication Date:18/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781683930792
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:310 pages, Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs
- Publisher:Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Publication Date:18/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781683930792