Mariana Valverde

Law and Order

Images, Meanings, Myths

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In an innovative departure from the much-studied field of 'crime in the media', this lively book focuses its attention on the forces of law and order - how they visualize and represent danger and criminality, and how they represent themselves as authorities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9781904385349
• ISBN-10: 1904385346
• Artikelnr.: 21376901

Autorenporträt

Mariana Valverde

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Semiotic Tools for Analyzing Representations. Sociological
Questions about Representations. Police Pictures. The Forensic Gaze: The
World as a Set of Clues. Visualizing Criminogenic Spaces. Crusading
Lawyers, Crooked Lawyers: American Litigiousness and Representation. The
Prison as a Movie Set. Gruesome Pictures