Elder (Sace), Murder Scenes. Normality, Deviance, and Criminal Violence in Weimar Berlin
In her book Murder Scenes, Sace Elder assigns herself the task of investigating how murder was experienced by Berliners during the Weimar period, and how it was understood in the city as an urban phenomenon. Elder is interested in how the inhabitants of Berlin made sense of homicidal violence. Cert...
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| Μορφή: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2013
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | In her book Murder Scenes, Sace Elder assigns herself the task of investigating how murder was experienced by Berliners during the Weimar period, and how it was understood in the city as an urban phenomenon. Elder is interested in how the inhabitants of Berlin made sense of homicidal violence. Certainly, the killing of a fellow citizen is the most serious breach of the rules of a community : not only are such rules broken, but they are also undermined, and threatening the community as a whol... |
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