RT Book
T1 Crime and the imaginary of disaster: post-apocalyptic fictions and the crisis of social order
T2 Palgrave Pivot
A1 Yar, Majid
LA English
PP Basingstoke, Hampshire u.a.
PB Palgrave Macmillan
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1615058567
AB 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
AB 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
CN PN56.A69
SN 9781137509062
K1 Apocalyptic Literature : History and criticism
K1 Disaster films : History and criticism
K1 End of the world in literature
K1 Literatur : Film : Dystopie : Literatur : Weltuntergang : Motiv : Verbrechen : Motiv : Gesellschaft : Motiv : Visuelle Vorstellung
K1 Weltuntergang : Verbrechen : Massenkultur : Literatur