Anthropocide - An Essay in Green Cultural Criminology

Through an examination of Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men, this book demonstrates the ability of cinematic fictions, and other complex narrative fictions, to contribute to meeting the climate challenge by shaping the desires of audiences.

List of contents

Part I: The Problem
Chapter 1: Crisis
Chapter 2: Culture
Chapter 3: Critique
Part II: The Case
Chapter 4: Story
Chapter 5: Style
Chapter 6: Symbolism
Part III: A Solution
Chapter 7: Counter
Chapter 8: Configuration

About the author

Rafe McGregor is Reader in Criminology at Edge Hill University, Lancashire, England. A critical theorist with research expertise in culture, political violence, and policing, he is the author of 20 books, including Anthropocide: An Essay in Green Cultural Criminology (2025), Recovering Police Legitimacy: A Radical Framework (2024), and Literary Theory and Criminology (2023). He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of Advance HE.

Summary

Through an examination of Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men, this book demonstrates the ability of cinematic fictions, and other complex narrative fictions, to contribute to meeting the climate challenge by shaping the desires of audiences.

Product details

• Authors: Rafe Mcgregor, Rafe (Edge Hill University Mcgregor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032934242
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3293424-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Anthropology, LAW / Environmental, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Humanities, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects