Judith Rowbotham and Kim Stevenson (eds.), Behaving Badly: Social Panic and Moral Outrage – Victorian and Modern Parallels
This collection of essays addresses, for the most part, not deviant behavior itself but its definition and treatment, its place in law and culture. The editors attempt to demonstrate the relevance of history to present concerns by looking at Victorian and contemporary deviance issues together, comp...
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| Julkaisussa: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs, |
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | This collection of essays addresses, for the most part, not deviant behavior itself but its definition and treatment, its place in law and culture. The editors attempt to demonstrate the relevance of history to present concerns by looking at Victorian and contemporary deviance issues together, comparing continuities and differences. The hope is expressed to «resist… the remorseless focus on the present moment in so much of contemporary life» by «engaging with the present through a re-appropr... |
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