Crime in Literature Sociology of Deviance and Fiction

Name: Crime in Literature Sociology of Deviance and Fiction
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ISBN: 9781859844823

ISBN-10: 1859844820

ISBN-13: 9781859844823

Edition: 2003

Authors: Vincenzo Ruggiero

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Vincent Ruggiero's wide ranging study takes in several authors, including Victor Hugo, Camus, Cervantes and Emile Zola, and addresses themes such as organized crime, the links between crime and drugs, political and administrative corruption, concepts of deviancy and the criminal justice process.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 7/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.30" wide x 7.44" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Atavism and Conflict: Dostoevsky and Camus



Organizing Crime: Cervantes, Gay and Brecht



Legal and Illegal Drugs: Baudelaire and London



Nana, Women and Crime



Baldwin and Wright: Ethnic Minorities, Hate and Crime



Moby Dick and the Crimes of the Economy



Felix Krull: The Con Man and the Irrationality of Markets



Mark Twain and the Corruption of a Town



Hugo, Mirbeau and Imprisonment



Manzoni and Legal Suffering


References


Index