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There is increasing pressure on the humanities to justify their value and on criminology to undertake interdisciplinary research. In this book, Rafe McGregor establishes a new interdisciplinary methodology, ‘criminological criticism’, harnessing the synergy between literary studies and critical criminology to produce genuine interventions in social reality. McGregor practices criminological criticism on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, Prime Video’s ‘Carnival Row’ and J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’, demonstrating how these popular allegories provide insights into the harms of sexism, racism and class prejudice. This book proposes a model for collaboration between literary studies and critical criminology that is beneficial to the humanities, the social sciences and society.

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Introduction Criminological Criticism The Critical Sociology of Mad Max: Fury Road The Urban Zemiology of Carnival Row The Cultural Criminology of The Cuckoo’s Calling Critical Criminological Methodology Interdisciplinary Intervention Conclusion

Critical Criminology and Literary Criticism

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 8 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9781529219678
      978-1529219678
      ISBN-10 1529219671
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      Crime and criminology

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      Book Synopsis
      There is increasing pressure on the humanities to justify their value and on criminology to undertake interdisciplinary research. In this book, Rafe McGregor establishes a new interdisciplinary methodology, ‘criminological criticism’, harnessing the synergy between literary studies and critical criminology to produce genuine interventions in social reality. McGregor practices criminological criticism on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, Prime Video’s ‘Carnival Row’ and J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’, demonstrating how these popular allegories provide insights into the harms of sexism, racism and class prejudice. This book proposes a model for collaboration between literary studies and critical criminology that is beneficial to the humanities, the social sciences and society.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Criminological Criticism The Critical Sociology of Mad Max: Fury Road The Urban Zemiology of Carnival Row The Cultural Criminology of The Cuckoo’s Calling Critical Criminological Methodology Interdisciplinary Intervention Conclusion

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