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Comic book crime truth, justice, and the American way /

"Carrying ahead the project of cultural criminology, Phillips and Strobl dare to take seriously that which amuses and entertains us-and to find in it the most significant of themes. Audiences, images, ideologies of justice and injustice-all populate the pages of Comic Book Crime . The result is...

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Основен автор: Phillips, Nickie D.
Други автори: Strobl, Staci.
Формат: Електронен
Език: English
Публикувано: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Серия: Alternative criminology series.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=603301
Подобни документи: Print version:: Comic Book Crime.
Съдържание:
  • Holy criminology, Batman! comics and constructions of crime and justice
  • "Crime doesn't pay": a brief history of crime and justice themes in comic books
  • The world is shifting: terrorism, xenophobia, and comic books after 9/11
  • A better tomorrow: apocalypse, utopia, and the crime problem
  • Villains: criminal behavior and the embodiment of evil
  • Deathworthiness: paths to justice
  • "Take down the bad guys, save the girl": gender and sexual orientation in the fight against evil
  • "Aren't there any brown people in this world?" reading for race and ethnicity
  • Apocalyptic incapacitation: understanding punishment
  • Conclusion: Ultimate justice
  • Appendix: sample and methodology.