Vigilante Justice In Society And Popular Culture
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Vigilante Justice In Society And Popular Culture
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Author : Peter Robson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-08-15
Vigilante Justice In Society And Popular Culture written by Peter Robson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with categories.
Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture offers a transnational investigation of vigilantism and its context across a range of eleven different jurisdictions. Focusing on vigilante justice in popular culture, this unique collection enriches the debate by adding the opportunity for comparison which has been lacking in scholarly literature.
Vigilante Justice In Society And Popular Culture
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Author : Peter Robson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-10-27
Vigilante Justice In Society And Popular Culture written by Peter Robson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-27 with Law categories.
This unique collection explores the complex issue of vigilantism, how it is represented in popular culture, and what is its impact on behavior and the implications for the rule of law. The book is a transnational investigation across a range of eleven different jurisdictions, including accounts of the Anglophone world (Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States), European experiences (Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Portugal), and South American jurisdictions (Argentina and Brazil). The essays, written by prominent international scholars in law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, present data, historical and recent examples of vigilantism; examine the national Laws and jurisprudence; and focus on the broad theme of vigilante justice in popular culture (literature, films, television). Vigilante Justice in Society and Popular Culture sheds light on this topic offering a detailed look beyond the Anglophone world. This collection will enrich the debate by adding the opportunity for comparison which has been largely lacking in scholarly debate. As such, it will appeal not only to scholars of law, sociology, criminology, and media studies, but also to all those who are engaged with these topics alike.
Revenge Versus Legality
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Author : Katherine Maynard
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-04-09
Revenge Versus Legality written by Katherine Maynard and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-09 with History categories.
In the wake of Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary renditions, and secret torture centres in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, Revenge versus Legality addresses the relationship between law and wild or vigilante justice; between the power to enforce retribution and the desire to seek revenge. Taking up a variety of narratives from the eras of Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and the Contemporary period, and including new theories to explain the interactions that occur between legalistic courtroom justice and the vigilante variety, Revenge versus Legality analyzes some of the main obstacles to justice, ranging from judicial corruption, to racism and imperialism. The book culminates in a consideration of that form of crime or lawlessness that poses the most serious threat to the rule of law: vigilante justice masquerading as legality. With its mixture of politics, literature, law, and film, this lively and accessible book offers a timely reflection on the enduring phenomenon of revenge.
Vigilantes
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Author : Benjamin Meade
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2024-12-17
Vigilantes written by Benjamin Meade and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-17 with Social Science categories.
Motivated by recent instances of vigilantism that have captured media attention, such as the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, Drs. Castle and Meade examine vigilantism through historical contexts, popular culture, and modern technologies. From vigilantes’ presence in the frontier and early states, to their contemporary manifestations in Neighborhood Watch and digital cybersleuthing, Castle and Meade characterize the evolution of the vigilante narrative and their purpose of social group control. This book considers the impacts of vigilante mythology in American pop culture, with special emphasis on from the early Western vigilante like Dirty Harry and Death Wish to comic book superheroes, like Batman. How do these fictional characters who down and murdering criminals on film impact cultural messages about crime, justice, and vengeance. Castle and Meade further explore the impact of digital technologies and novel viruses on vigilantism. "Digilantes" administer their own brand of extralegal justice online by hunting pedophiles, and TikTok cybersleuths harass random strangers. The authors also coin a new term, "viralantes," to describe “virus vigilantes” who police and punish the frontiers of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions. This seminal work on vigilantism blends the scholarly and popular in characterizing the modern vigilante.
Introducing Vigilant Audiences
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Author : Daniel Trottier
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Introducing Vigilant Audiences written by Daniel Trottier and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Social Science categories.
Ever since the exposure of the Kitten Killer of Hangshou captured the imagination of online communities world-wide, vigilantism and digilantism has come to the fore as an emerging and poignant issue. In their book Introducing Vigilant Audiences Daniel Trottier and colleagues (and contributors) have produced an excellent and throughtful ‘must read’ for all who are studying vigilantism, or just interested in it. Prof. David Wall, University of Leeds This is a collection of cutting edge and thoughtful case studies of global digital vigilantism that advances this emerging and increasingly important field in useful and intriguing ways. Prof. Michael Pfeifer, City University of New York This ground-breaking collection of essays examines the scope and consequences of digital vigilantism – a phenomenon emerging on a global scale, which sees digital audiences using social platforms to shape social and political life. Longstanding forms of moral scrutiny and justice seeking are disseminated through our contemporary media landscape, and researchers are increasingly recognising the significance of societal impacts effected by digital media. The authors engage with a range of cross-disciplinary perspectives in order to explore the actions of a vigilant digital audience – denunciation, shaming, doxing – and to consider the role of the press and other public figures in supporting or contesting these activities. In turn, the volume illuminates several tensions underlying these justice seeking activities – from their capacity to reproduce categorical forms of discrimination, to the diverse motivations of the wider audiences who participate in vigilant denunciations. This timely volume presents thoughtful case studies drawn both from high-profile Anglo-American contexts, and from developments in regions that have received less coverage in English-language scholarship. It is distinctive in its focus on the contested boundary between policing and entertainment, and on the various contexts in which the desire to seek retribution converges with the desire to consume entertainment. Introducing Vigilant Audiences will be of great value to researchers and students of sociology, politics, criminology, critical security studies, and media and communication. It will be of further interest to those who wish to understand recent cases of citizen-led justice seeking in their global context.
Vigilante Justice In American Culture And Graphic Novels Analysing Frank Miller S Batman The Dark Knight Returns
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Author : Björn Saemann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-04-14
Vigilante Justice In American Culture And Graphic Novels Analysing Frank Miller S Batman The Dark Knight Returns written by Björn Saemann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-14 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,0, University of Hildesheim (Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur), language: English, abstract: The USA have a long history of vigilantism. From lynch justice to the New York Guardian Angels, the American history is full of it. The topic also found its way into American literature and film. Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson and superheroes like Batman – The success of vigilantism in fiction shows the fascination of Americans with the matter. It is the discrepancy between law and moral when it comes to judge vigilante justice that makes it such a fascinating topic. This paper will discuss this discrepancy on the example of one of the most famous fictional vigilantes in literature: Batman – also known as the Dark Knight. The first part of this essay will introduce Comics and Graphic Novels. It will offer a definition and a short overview of the history of comic books and the sub-genre Graphic Novels. Afterwards Batman, his history and origins as well as the happenings in The Dark Knight Returns will be explained and summarised. The third and last part of the essay will focus on vigilantism. It will explore the fascination of the US-American culture with vigilante justice and discuss the moral and legal permissibility of vigilantism. With this knowledge the essay will take another look at Batman to judge his actions and to find out why he fascinated people for over 70 years – and still does.
Law And Humanities
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Author : Russell Sandberg
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2024-01-09
Law And Humanities written by Russell Sandberg and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-09 with Law categories.
This edited collection provides the first accessible introduction to Law and Humanities. Each chapter explores the nature, development and possible further trajectory of a disciplinary ‘law and’ field. Each chapter is written by an expert in the respective field and addresses how the two disciplines of law and the other respective field operate. This edited work, therefore, fulfils a real and pressing need to provide an accessible, introductory but critical guide to law and humanities as a whole by exploring how each disciplinary ‘law and’ field has developed, contributes to further scrutinizing the content and role of law, and how it can contribute and be enriched by being understood within the law and humanities tradition as a whole.
Masks And Media
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Author : Aryeh Halevy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Masks And Media written by Aryeh Halevy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Comic books, strips, etc categories.
This study is a content/critical analysis of various forms of popular media in an attempt to look at two themes in vigilantism (self-appointed protector vigilantism vs. revenge-based vigilantism) in real life and in fiction. This study will contribute to the existing body of scholarly research on vigilantism by providing an in-depth look at some of the more realistic fictional vigilantes to see how accurately they reflect contemporary reality.
Criminals As Heroes In Popular Culture
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Author : Roxie J. James
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-03-07
Criminals As Heroes In Popular Culture written by Roxie J. James and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-07 with Performing Arts categories.
This book delves into humanity’s compulsive need to valorize criminals. The criminal hero is a seductive figure, and audiences get a rather scopophilic pleasure in watching people behave badly. This book offers an analysis of the varied and vexing definitions of hero, criminal, and criminal heroes both historically and culturally. This book also examines the global presence, gendered complications, and gentle juxtapositions in criminal hero figures such as: Robin Hood, Breaking Bad, American Gods, American Vandal, Kabir, Plunkett and Macleane, Martha Stewart, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Ocean’s 11, Ocean’s Eleven, and Let The Bullets Fly.
Mystery Violence And Popular Culture
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Author : John G. Cawelti
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 2004
Mystery Violence And Popular Culture written by John G. Cawelti and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.
For two years, Philip Gambone traveled the length and breadth of the United States, talking candidly with LGBTQ people about their lives. In addition to interviews from David Sedaris, George Takei, Barney Frank, and Tammy Baldwin, Travels in a Gay Nation brings us lesser-known voices a retired Naval officer, a transgender scholar and drag king, a Princeton philosopher, two opera sopranos who happen to be lovers, an indie rock musician, the founder of a gay frat house, and a pair of Vermont garden designers. In this age when contemporary gay America is still coming under attack, Gambone captures the humanity of each individual. For some, their identity as a sexual minority is crucial to their life s work; for others, it has been less so, perhaps even irrelevant. But, whether splashy or quiet, center-stage or behind the scenes, Gambone s subjects have managed despite facing ignorance, fear, hatred, intolerance, injustice, violence, ridicule, or just plain indifference to construct passionate, inspiring lives. Finalist, Foreword Magazine s Anthology of the Year Outstanding Book in the High School Category, selected by the American Association of School Libraries Best Book in Special Interest Category, selected by the Public Library Association "