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Beschreibung
"Bringing together prominent early contributions from this emergent perspective, the volume traces the origins, theory and methodology of a nascent ghost criminology. From the powers of exorcism and erasure marshaled by state agents, street-level struggles over memorialization and memory, to the lingering violence of crime scenes and the ghostly traces of outlaw artists, Ghost Criminology is a book attuned to that which is well-theorized in other disciplines-the spectral, hauntological, apparitional. Each of the writers assembled here shares, as Mark Fisher (2017) put it, a fascination for the outside, "that which lies beyond standard perception, cognition and experience." As such, this collection uses cutting-edge social and cultural theory to tangle with some of criminology's most stubborn revenants-the politics of criminalization, the commodification of crime and violence, the haunting power of the image, as well as the unheard and disregarded cries of the dead"--
"Bringing together prominent early contributions from this emergent perspective, the volume traces the origins, theory and methodology of a nascent ghost criminology. From the powers of exorcism and erasure marshaled by state agents, street-level struggles over memorialization and memory, to the lingering violence of crime scenes and the ghostly traces of outlaw artists, Ghost Criminology is a book attuned to that which is well-theorized in other disciplines-the spectral, hauntological, apparitional. Each of the writers assembled here shares, as Mark Fisher (2017) put it, a fascination for the outside, "that which lies beyond standard perception, cognition and experience." As such, this collection uses cutting-edge social and cultural theory to tangle with some of criminology's most stubborn revenants-the politics of criminalization, the commodification of crime and violence, the haunting power of the image, as well as the unheard and disregarded cries of the dead"--
Über den Autor
Michael Fiddler (Editor)
Michael Fiddler is Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Greenwich. He is the co-author of Sex and Crime.
Theo Kindynis (Editor)
Theo Kindynis is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Travis Linnemann (Editor)
Travis Linnemann is Associate Professor of Sociology at Kansas State University. He is the author of Meth Wars: Police, Media, Power and is co-editor of Ghost Criminology: The Afterlife of Crime and Punishment.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781479842438
ISBN-10: 1479842435
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Michael Fiddler
Theo Kindynis
Travis Linnemann
Redaktion: Fiddler, Michael
Kindynis, Theo
Linnemann, Travis
Hersteller: New York University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 226 x 152 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Fiddler (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.01.2022
Gewicht: 0,476 kg
Artikel-ID: 119812131

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