Crime and the imaginary of disaster: post-apocalyptic fictions and the crisis of social order

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 i...

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1. VerfasserIn: Yar, Majid (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch/Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke, Hampshire [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
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Apocalyptic Literature > History and criticism
End of the world in literature
Disaster films > History and criticism
Literatur > Film > Anti-Utopie > Weltuntergang > Motiv > Verbrechen > Motiv > Gesellschaft > Motiv > Visuelle Vorstellung
Weltuntergang > Verbrechen > Massenkultur > Literatur
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Zusammenfassung: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.--Provided by publisher
Situating the apocalypse, crime and problem of social order -- Law and disorder in the post-apocalyptic landscape: social breakdown, sovereign power and the state of emergency -- Dangerous others: 'race' and crime after the apocalypse -- Crime, disaster and the crisis of the gender order -- The utopian Apocalypse: crime, justice and redemption
Physische Details:VII, 116 S., 22 cm
ISBN:9781137509062
DOI:10.1057/9781137509079.0001