Law and order : images, meanings, myths / Mariana Valverde.
2006
K213 .V355 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Law and order : images, meanings, myths / Mariana Valverde.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
Description
[vii], 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
Critical issues in crime and society.
Formatted Contents Note
Social semiotics
Representations and their social effects
Science and the semiotics of deviance
The authority of the detective and the birth of the forensic gaze
From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit
The invention of the psycho killer and the rise and fall of the welfare state
Chronotopes of crime
"Gruesome" pictures.
Representations and their social effects
Science and the semiotics of deviance
The authority of the detective and the birth of the forensic gaze
From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit
The invention of the psycho killer and the rise and fall of the welfare state
Chronotopes of crime
"Gruesome" pictures.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.
Location
STA K213 .V355 2006
Call Number
K213 .V355 2006
Language
English
ISBN
9780813538792 hardcover alkaline paper
9780813538808 paperback alkaline paper
9780813538808 paperback alkaline paper
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