351 records matched your query       

Author:

Yar, Majid, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006083653

Title:

Crime and the imaginary of disaster : post-apocalyptic fictions and the crisis of social order / Majid Yar.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 116 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
Disaster films--History and criticism.
Apocalyptic literature.
Disaster films.
End of the world in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-111) and index. Includes list of fictions (films, television shows, and novels/graphic novels).

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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

Series:

Palgrave pivot

ISBN:

1137509066
9781137509062

OCLC:

(OCoLC)910979078

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)