Constructing crime : discourse and cultural representations of crime and 'deviance' / edited by Christiana Gregoriou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregoriou, Christiana, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime in popular culture.

Crime in literature.

Criminals in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Discourse and cultural representations of crime and 'deviance'

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Crime and criminals are a pervasive theme in all areas of our culture, including media, journalism, film and literature. Drawn from a range of areas including Spanish, English Language and literature, Music, Criminology, Law, Cultural, Criminal Justice and Gender Studies, the contributors in this cross-disciplinary collection explore how crime is constructed and culturally represented. The essays investigate the ways criminal discourses needlessly construct myths, generate fear and panic, and even hinder our personal freedoms and rights. They examine popular crime fiction and culture, and look at the ways identities are constructed in narrative of crime from across different ages and cultural contexts. Finally, the book addresses how crime can bring to light taboos, stereotypes and schemata relating to gender and sexuality. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Constructing Criminal Facts

1.0 Introduction and Rationale 3

1.1 The Devil Drives a Lada: The Social Construction of Hackers as Cybercriminals / David S. Wall Wall, David S. 4

1.2 Scanning Bodies, Stripping Rights? How Do UK Media Discourses Portray Airport Security Measures? / Christiana Gregoriou Gregoriou, Christiana, Pinelopi Troullinou Troullinou, Pinelopi 19

1.3 Narrative and Historical Truth in Delayed Civil Actions for Child Abuse / Tony Ward Ward, Tony 34

1.4 The Edgier Waters of the Era: Gordon Burn's Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son / Martyn Colebrook Colebrook, Martyn 48

2 Constructing Criminal Fictions

2.0 Introduction and Rationale 65

2.1 Cogito ergo sum: Criminal Logic and Mad Discourse in Shutter Island / Michelle E. Iwen Iwen, Michelle E. 66

2.2 'Armageddon Was Yesterday - Today We Have A Serious Problem': Pre- and Postmillennial Tropes for Crime and Criminality in Fiction by David Peace and Stieg Larsson / Richard Brown Brown, Richard 81

2.3 'It's a sin [...] using Ludwig van like that. He did no harm to anyone, Beethoven just wrote music': The Role of the Incongruent Soundtrack in the Representation of the Cinematic Criminal / David Ireland Ireland, David 97

2.4 Criminal Publication and Victorian Prefaces: Suspending Disbelief in Sensation Fiction / Malcah Effron Effron, Malcah 112

3 Constructing Social Identities and Wrongdoings Introduction and Rationale 129

3.0 Crime through a Corpus: The Linguistic Construction of Offenders in the British Press / Ulrike Tabbert Tabbert, Ulrike 130

3.2 Popular Faces of Crime in Spain / Alison Sinclair Sinclair, Alison 145

3.3 Reinventing the Badman in Jamaican Fiction and Film / Lucy Evans Evans, Lucy 162

3.4 Neurotecs: Detectives, Disability and Cognitive Exceptionality in Contemporary Fiction / Stuart Murray Murray, Stuart 177

4 Constructing Gendered Crime

4.0 Introduction and Rationale 193

4.1 Engendering Violence: Textual and Sexual Torture in Val McDermid's The Mermaids Singing / Kate Watson Watson, Kate 194

4.2 Life of Crime: Feminist Crime/Life Writing in Sara Paretsky, Writing in an Age of Silence, P. D. James, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography and Val McDermid, A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes / Charlotte Beyer Beyer, Charlotte 209

4.3 Understanding Aileen Wuornos: Pushing the Limits of Empathy / Mandy Koolen Koolen, Mandy 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230299771

0230299776

OCLC:

766301146