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1 online resource |
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Law, language and communication |
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Law, language and communication.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Imagining law, justice, and order in real and fictional ill cities / Anne Wagner and Le Chang -- The dark side of cleanliness and order : visual renderings of oppression in dystopian science fiction cinema / Rafaella Baccolini and Ira Torresi -- "Wanna fight?" : utopia-dystopia in Nicolas Winding Refn's recent cinema / Mark Featherstone -- The dysfunctional town and the social contract : figures of violence in the liberal legal imaginary / Honni van Rijswijk -- Cities as bodies? : cure them with a commons-oriented approach / Dario Henri Haux -- Cities that degrade : Ken Loach on social ills / Alekssandra Djurascovic and Milan Djurascovic -- The city armed to the teeth : bending the law in the Italian crime movies tradition / Guglielmo Siniscalchi -- Ill cities in their "perfect" form : a rereading of Pier Paolo Pasolini / Daniele D'Alvia -- The city as ill body : visual representations of urban landscapes in the Global South / John Hursh -- Bodies, monuments, and spaces in between : encountering spatialities in a film by Jonathan Perel / Silvina Alonso Grosso |
| Summary |
This book uses film and television as a resource for addressing the social and legal ills of the city. It presents a range of approaches to view the ill city through cinematic and televisual characterization in urban frameworks, political contexts, and cultural settings. Each chapter deconstructs the meaning of urban space as public space while critically generating a focus on order and justice, exploring issues such as state disorder, lawlessness, and revenge. The approach presents a careful balance between theory and application. The original and novel ideas presented in this book will be essential reading for those interested in the presentation of law and place in cultural texts such as film |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2019) |
| Subject |
Sociological jurisprudence.
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Justice, Administration of.
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
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City and town life -- Law and legislation
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City and town life in motion pictures.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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City and town life in motion pictures
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Justice, Administration of
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
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Sociological jurisprudence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wagner, Anne, 1968- editor.
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Cheng, Le, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429442254 |
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0429442254 |
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9780429808517 |
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0429808518 |
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9780429808531 |
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0429808534 |
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9780429808524 |
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0429808526 |
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