LEADER 03677nam 22007455 450 001 9910337701203321 005 20240314161720.0 010 $a9783319945200 010 $a3319945203 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-94520-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000006671801 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5517018 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-94520-0 035 $a(Perlego)3492254 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006671801 100 $a20180915d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDetecting the Social $eOrder and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction /$fby Mary Evans, Sarah Moore, Hazel Johnstone 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (198 pages) 311 08$a9783319945194 311 08$a331994519X 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The Scene of the Crime -- 3: Who's to blame? 4: The Myth of the Good Life -- 5. How do we connect? - 6. Conclusion. . 330 $aThis book analyses the ways in which twenty-first century detective fiction provides an understanding of the increasingly complex and often baffling contemporary world - and what sociology, as a discipline, can learn from it. Conventional sociological accounts of fiction generally comprehend its value in terms of the ways in which it can illustrate, enlarge or help to articulate a particular social theory. Evans, Moore, and Johnstone suggest a different approach, and demonstrate that by taking a group of detective novels, we can unveil so far unidentified, but crucial, theoretical ideas about what it means to be an individual in the twenty-first century. More specifically, the authors argue that detective fiction of the last forty years illuminates the effects of urban isolation and separation, the invisibility of institutional power, financial insecurity, and the failure of public authorities toprotect people. In doing so, this body of fiction traces out the fault-lines in our social arrangements, rehearses our collective fears, and captures a mood of restless disquiet. By engaging with detective stories in this way, the book revisits ideas about the promise and purpose of sociology. 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial structure 606 $aEquality 606 $aCulture$xStudy and teaching 606 $aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y21st century 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aSociology 606 $aSocial Structure 606 $aCultural Studies 606 $aSocial Theory 606 $aContemporary Literature 606 $aPopular Culture 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aSocial structure. 615 0$aEquality. 615 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 14$aSociology. 615 24$aSocial Structure. 615 24$aCultural Studies. 615 24$aSocial Theory. 615 24$aContemporary Literature. 615 24$aPopular Culture. 676 $a809.3872 700 $aEvans$b Mary$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0458129 702 $aMoore$b Sarah$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aJohnstone$b Hazel$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337701203321 996 $aDetecting the Social$92511815 997 $aUNINA