Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction [[electronic resource] /] / by P. Bedore |
Autore | Bedore P |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.087209 |
Collana | Crime Files |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology
America—Literatures Literature Crime—Sociological aspects Literature—Philosophy Culture—Study and teaching Gender Studies North American Literature Literature, general Crime and Society Literary Theory Cultural Theory |
ISBN |
1-349-44993-8
1-137-28865-5 |
Classificazione | HIS038000LIT004020LIT004230 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Appendix Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The Case of the Missing Detectives; or, Reassessing the American Contribution to Detective Fiction; Introduction; Construing the absence of the dime novel detective; Who is the American dime novel detective?; Disrupting existing narratives about detective fiction; Some organizing principles; 2 The Happy-Ending Deception; or, Uncovering the Subversive Potential of Detective Dime Novels; Introduction; The primacy of endings: a theoretical excursion
Methods and trends: (de)coding the dime novel detectiveA shadowy detective and a police captain: gender bending and genre blending; Forced marriages, faked weddings, and gendered problems of closure; The detectives that don't work out: death and corruption in the detective position; A Terrible Ending: an unambiguous antidote to happy endings; In conclusion ...; 3 The Case of the Contaminated Icon; or, Allan Pinkerton's Dangerous Detective Doubles; Introduction; Allan Pinkerton's iconography: all-seeing eyes, Civil War spies, and the Underground Railroad Pinkerton's generic breadth: classical, hardboiled, police, and diverse detectivesContamination and the problems of deep cover; Outlaw doubling lite: the humorous logic of bodily substitution; Outlaw doubling darkened through the prism of graphic torture; Conclusion; 4 Playing with the Ace of Hearts; or, Mentorship, Sportsmanship, and Nick Carter's Epistemological Dilemmas; Introduction; Nick Carter's school for detectives: mentorship and fair play; The mediating power of games; The ethical and erotic mediations of the femme fatale; Proto-postmodern epistemological investigations; Conclusion 5 Faulkner, Twain, and the Legacy of Dime Novel DetectivesIntroduction; White elephants, doubled barrels, and Mark Twain's detective obsessions; Chasing the unknown gambit; or, mentorship and games in Nick Carter and Gavin Stevens; Conclusion; 6 Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; Appendix Tables; Notes; References; Index |
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Bedore P | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dime Novels and the Roots of American Detective Fiction / / by P. Bedore |
Autore | Bedore P |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.087209 |
Collana | Crime Files |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology
America—Literatures Literature Crime—Sociological aspects Literature—Philosophy Culture—Study and teaching Gender Studies North American Literature Literature, general Crime and Society Literary Theory Cultural Theory |
ISBN |
1-349-44993-8
1-137-28865-5 |
Classificazione | HIS038000LIT004020LIT004230 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Appendix Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The Case of the Missing Detectives; or, Reassessing the American Contribution to Detective Fiction; Introduction; Construing the absence of the dime novel detective; Who is the American dime novel detective?; Disrupting existing narratives about detective fiction; Some organizing principles; 2 The Happy-Ending Deception; or, Uncovering the Subversive Potential of Detective Dime Novels; Introduction; The primacy of endings: a theoretical excursion
Methods and trends: (de)coding the dime novel detectiveA shadowy detective and a police captain: gender bending and genre blending; Forced marriages, faked weddings, and gendered problems of closure; The detectives that don't work out: death and corruption in the detective position; A Terrible Ending: an unambiguous antidote to happy endings; In conclusion ...; 3 The Case of the Contaminated Icon; or, Allan Pinkerton's Dangerous Detective Doubles; Introduction; Allan Pinkerton's iconography: all-seeing eyes, Civil War spies, and the Underground Railroad Pinkerton's generic breadth: classical, hardboiled, police, and diverse detectivesContamination and the problems of deep cover; Outlaw doubling lite: the humorous logic of bodily substitution; Outlaw doubling darkened through the prism of graphic torture; Conclusion; 4 Playing with the Ace of Hearts; or, Mentorship, Sportsmanship, and Nick Carter's Epistemological Dilemmas; Introduction; Nick Carter's school for detectives: mentorship and fair play; The mediating power of games; The ethical and erotic mediations of the femme fatale; Proto-postmodern epistemological investigations; Conclusion 5 Faulkner, Twain, and the Legacy of Dime Novel DetectivesIntroduction; White elephants, doubled barrels, and Mark Twain's detective obsessions; Chasing the unknown gambit; or, mentorship and games in Nick Carter and Gavin Stevens; Conclusion; 6 Conclusions and Directions for Future Research; Appendix Tables; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815729403321 |
Bedore P | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability Hate Crime : Experiences of Everyday Hostility on Public Transport / / by David Wilkin |
Autore | Wilkin David |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (144 pages) |
Disciplina |
362.4
364.15087 |
Collana | Palgrave Hate Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Hate crimes
Victimology Police Social justice Human rights People with disabilities Crime—Sociological aspects Hate Studies Policing Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights Disability Studies Crime and Society |
ISBN | 3-030-28726-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Exploring Disability Hate Crime -- 2. Revealing Incidents of Hate Crime on Public Transport: Working with Disabled People -- 3. Everyday Experiences of Victimisation Against Disabled People -- 4. The Victim: Lifestyle Impact and Change -- 5. The Safeguarding of Passengers on UK Public Transport -- 6. Disability Hate Crime: What Did We Already Know, What Is New? -- 7. Disability Hate Crime on Public Transport: Conclusion and New Directions. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910366570703321 |
Wilkin David | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Disability Servitude : From Peonage to Poverty / / by Ruthie-Marie Beckwith |
Autore | Beckwith Ruthie-Marie |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.590973 |
Soggetto topico |
Crime—Sociological aspects
Criminology Social justice Human rights Sociology Industrial sociology Civil law Crime and Society Criminology and Criminal Justice, general Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights Sociology, general Sociology of Work Civil Law |
ISBN | 1-137-54031-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Institutionalized Peonage and Involuntary Servitude; 3 Fighting Forest Fires: The Lost Heritage of Competence and Contribution; 4 The Peonage Cases; 5 The Aftermath; 6 The Peculiar Institution of Subminimum Wage; 7 Institutional Peonage and Involuntary Servitude in Segregated "Employment" Settings; 8 Perpetuation of Peonage and Poverty in the Twenty-first Century; 9 Conclusions: Stone Buildings and Stone Walls; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253347403321 |
Beckwith Ruthie-Marie | ||
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Doing Indefinite Time : An Ethnography of Long-Term Imprisonment in Switzerland / / by Irene Marti |
Autore | Marti Irene |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer Nature, 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 353 p. 41 illus., 36 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
364.6
365.609494 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology |
Soggetto topico |
Corrections
Punishment Human rights Crime—Sociological aspects Human geography Cultural geography Social justice Forensic psychology Prison and Punishment Human Rights Crime and Society Social and Cultural Geography Social Justice Forensic Psychology |
Soggetto non controllato |
Carceral Geography
prison incarceration life sentence imprisonment rehabilitation ethnography forensic psychology prison cell prison sociology |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Indefinite confinement in Switzerland -- 3. Space, time, embodiment -- 4. Institutional context, key actors, sentenced prisoners -- 5. In the prison cell -- 6. At work -- 7. During leisure time -- 8. Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597152203321 |
Marti Irene | ||
Cham, : Springer Nature, 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Domestic Extremism and the Case of the Toronto 18 / / by Jeremy Kowalski |
Autore | Kowalski Jeremy |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
Disciplina | 320 |
Soggetto topico |
America - Politics and government
Terrorism Political violence Human geography World politics Crime - Sociological aspects Social structure Equality American Politics Terrorism and Political Violence Human Geography Political History Crime and Society Social Structure |
ISBN | 1-349-94960-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Islamic, Islamist, Islamitic: From Conceptual Violence to a Conceptual Break -- 2. Displacement and Condensation: The Internationalization of the Clash and the Construction of the Homo Terrorismus -- 3. Through a Looking Glass Darkly: the Symmetry of Competing Discursive Formations -- 4. A Condition of Transgression: The Transnational Sphere of Influence -- 5. A Condition of Transgression: The State Sphere of Influence -- 6. A Condition of Transgression: The Group Sphere of Influence -- Conclusion -- Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255329603321 |
Kowalski Jeremy | ||
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Domestic Violence : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Protection, Prevention and Intervention / / edited by Sarah Hilder, Vanessa Bettinson |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 332 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.82920941 |
Soggetto topico |
Crime—Sociological aspects
Police Sociology Criminal law Social work Crime and Society Policing Gender Studies Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law Social Work |
ISBN | 1-137-52452-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Part I. Protection -- Chapter 1. Domestic Violence: Applying a Human Rights Discourse; Ronagh McGuigg -- Chapter 2. A Fresh Approach to Policing Domestic Violence; Mandy Burton -- Chapter 3. Domestic Violence: The Limitations of a Legal Response; Charlotte Bishop -- Chapter 4. Surviving times of Austerity: Preserving the Specialist Domestic Violence Court Provision; Vanessa Bettinson -- Part II. Prevention and Intervention -- Chapter 5. Victim Support Services and the World of Commissioning; Di Turgoose -- Chapter 6. Children and Domestic Violence: What Do Family Intervention Workers Have to Offer?; Jo Little and Fae Garland -- Chapter 7. Building Healthy Relationships for Young People and the Prevention of Domestic Abuse; Chris Crowther-Dowey, Terry Gillespie and -- Chapter 8. Debates of Difference: Male Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse; Luke Martin -- Chapter 9. The Relationship Between Spiritual Abuse and Domestic Violence and Abuse in Faith Based Communities; Lisa Oakley and Kathryn Kinmond -- Chapter 10. Housing: More Than Just Bricks and Mortar. Domestic Abuse Interventions within the Housing Sector; Gudrun Burnet -- Chapter 11. Independent Advocacy and Multi Agency Responses to Domestic Violence; Amanda Robinson and Joanne Payton -- Chapter 12. Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Abuse: The Potential for Change; Sarah Hilder and Caroline Freeman -- Chapter 13. Developing Interventions for Abusive Partners in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and/or Transgender Relationships; Rebecca Barnes and Catherine Donovan. |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Domestic Violence in the Anglophone Caribbean : Consequences and Practices / / edited by Ann Marie Bissessar, Camille Huggins |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.829209729 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Crime - Sociological aspects Domestic relations Sex Social service Development Studies Crime and Society Family Law Gender Studies Social Work |
ISBN | 3-030-88476-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children in the Caribbean -- Chapter 2: Intimate partner violence and its impact on women’s health: The moderating role of family support and educational attainment -- Chapter 3: Older Adults and intimate partner violence in Trinidad & Tobago: A view from Health Professionals -- Chapter 4: Financial Hardships of domestic violence survivors in the Caribbean -- Chapter 5: The Challenges in Enforcing Domestic Violence Prescriptions in the Case of Trinidad and Tobago -- Chapter 6: A Prospective Legal Framework for equitable treatment of domestic violence victims and perpetrators in a Caribbean context -- Chapter 7: A Sociological Perspective of Men’s Underreporting of Domestic Violence and a Lack of Appropriate Interventions in the Caribbean -- Chapter 8: The Use of the Social-ecological Model of Intervention for Addressing Domestic Violence in Trinidad and Tobago -- Chapter 9: Exploring Domestic Abuse in the Seventh Adventist Church -- Chapter 10: Escape to Safety: Seeking Shelter from Domestic Violence The Case of Madinah House (1999-2019) -- Chapter 11: Shifting from Domestic Violence to Transformative Gender Justice: A Template for Public Accountability and Inclusion Ann Marie Bissessar is full-tenured Professor with the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Camille Huggins is lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, with the Faculty of Social Science, Trinidad and Tobago. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910522916503321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022 | ||
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Drug abuse and antisocial behavior : a biosocial life course approach / / by Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, Jennifer M. Reingle González |
Autore | Salas-Wright Christopher P |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 364 |
Collana | Palgrave's Frontiers in Criminology Theory |
Soggetto topico |
Criminology
Crime—Sociological aspects Critical criminology Social sciences—Philosophy Criminology and Criminal Justice, general Crime and Society Critical Criminology Criminological Theory Social Theory |
ISBN | 1-137-55817-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. The Scope of the Problem -- Chapter 2. Prevailing Conceptions of Drug Abuse and Addiction -- Chapter 3. Genetic Underpinnings -- Chapter 4. Neurobiological Contributions -- Chapter 5. Childhood Antecedents of Drug Abuse and Antisocial Behavior -- Chapter 6. Adolescent Drug Use and Delinquency -- Chapter 7. Adulthood, Addiction, and Antisocial Behavior -- Chapter 8. Prevention and Treatment -- Chapter 9. The Road Ahead. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255192403321 |
Salas-Wright Christopher P | ||
New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Dynamics of a Terrorist Targeting Process : Anders B. Breivik and the 22 July Attacks in Norway / / by Cato Hemmingby, Tore Bjørgo |
Autore | Hemmingby Cato |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (141 pages) |
Disciplina | 363.325094826 |
Collana | Palgrave Hate Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Forensic psychology
Organized crime Politics and war Terrorism Political violence Criminology Crime—Sociological aspects Forensic Psychology Organized Crime Military and Defence Studies Terrorism and Political Violence Criminology and Criminal Justice, general Crime and Society |
ISBN | 1-137-57997-8 |
Classificazione | SOC004000SOC026000SOC051000POL037000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword; Richard English -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Approaches -- Chapter 3. The Target Overview Dataset -- Chapter 4. Anders B. Breivik's Targeting Process -- Chapter 5. From Thinking to Acting -- Chapter 6. The Attack and the Consequences -- Chapter 7. The Trial and Sentencing -- Chapter 8. Breivik in a Comparative Perspective -- Chapter 9. Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253315703321 |
Hemmingby Cato | ||
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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