Violence, crime dystopia and the dialectics of (dis)order in The Purge films

Crime dystopia is the cultural site where some of the most gripping fears around the failure to order, civilise and make life secure are expressed. In The Purge film franchise, crime becomes legal in America for a night each year, when violence and destructive impulses are freely discharged and acti...

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Main Author: Alexandrescu, Liviu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 561-577
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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