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.

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By Stephen Brauer

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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.

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• Authors: Stephen Brauer
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2024
• EAN: 9781793608468
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-846-8
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; 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