Criminality and the Modern - Contingency and Agency in Twentieth-Century America

Using modernism as a lens, Stephen Brauer examines Americans' understanding of criminality in the twentieth-century and how the powerful figure of the criminal is key to exploring cultures, social norms, and, ultimately, laws.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Cultural Work of American Crime Narratives
Chapter 1: The Face of Crime, a Killer Body: Imagining the Criminal Type
Chapter 2: "I Had to Have Her, If I Hung for It": Impulse, Repression, and Repetition Compulsion
Chapter 3: Reforming the "Bad" Boy: Juvenile Delinquency, Intervention, and Choice
Chapter 4: The Criminal as Self-Made Man
Conclusion: The Crime Narrative in Late Capitalism

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Stephen Brauer is associate professor of English at St. John Fisher College.

Zusammenfassung

Using modernism as a lens, Stephen Brauer examines Americans’ understanding of criminality in the twentieth-century and how the powerful figure of the criminal is key to exploring cultures, social norms, and, ultimately, laws.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Stephen Brauer
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.01.2024
• EAN: 9781793608468
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-846-8
• Seiten: 212
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Strafrecht, Strafprozessrecht, Kriminologie; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Media & the Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, LAW / Entertainment, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Entertainment & media law, Violence and abuse in society, Entertainment and media law