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02661aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 FD34D368F2B011E79A81643B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180106010252 008 150520t20152015nyu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1137509066 020 $a 9781137509062 035 $a (OCoLC)910979078 040 $a NLE $b eng $e rda $c NLE $d OCLCO $d COO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d CDX $d NKM $d OCLCO $d NGU $d OCLCO $d MUU $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OUN $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN56.D555 $b Y37 2015 082 04 $a 809.933582 $2 23 100 1 $a Yar, Majid, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006083653 245 10 $a Crime and the imaginary of disaster : $b post-apocalyptic fictions and the crisis of social order / $c Majid Yar. 246 1 $a Post-apocalyptic fictions and the crisis of social order 264 1 $a New York, NY ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a vii, 116 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave pivot 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-111) and index. 500 $a Includes list of fictions (films, television shows, and novels/graphic novels). 505 0 $a Situating the apocalypse, crime and problem of social order -- Law and disorder in the post-apocalyptic landscape: social breakdown, sovereign power and the state of emergency -- Dangerous others: 'race' and crime after the apocalypse -- Crime, disaster and the crisis of the gender order -- The utopian Apocalypse: crime, justice and redemption. 520 $a This study explores the 'imaginary of disaster' that appears in popular fictions about the apocalyptic breakdown of society. Focusing on representations of crime, law, violence, vengeance and justice, it argues that an exploration post-apocalyptic story-telling offer us valuable insights into social anxieties.--Provided by publisher 650 0 $a Apocalyptic literature $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101191 650 0 $a End of the world in literature. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043041 650 0 $a Disaster films $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038308 650 7 $a Apocalyptic literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00811395 650 7 $a Disaster films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00894721 650 7 $a End of the world in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909643 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 830 0 $a Palgrave pivot. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012160523 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021202.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FD34D368F2B011E79A81643B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search