Vice, crime and poverty : how the Western imagination invented the underworld /

"Prostitutes, criminals, and the sordid, dangerous places they inhabit have always been with us. Yet there has not always been an "underworld," or what the French call "les bas-fonds." This expression, which appeared in most western languages in the 19th century, reveals a n...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kalifa, Dominique (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Emanuel, Susan (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Collection:European perspectives.
Sujets:
Urban poor > History.
Marginality, Social.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Criminals > History.
Criminals in literature.
Inner cities > History.
Crime > History.
Inner cities in literature.
Social representations.
Deviant behavior in literature.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Histoire.
Criminels > Histoire.
Criminels dans la littérature.
Représentations sociales.
Déviance dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Crime.
Criminals.
Inner cities.
Urban poor.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • In the den of horror
  • Courts of miracles
  • "Dangerous classes"
  • Empire of lists
  • The disguised prince
  • The grand dukes' tour
  • Poetic flight
  • Ebbing of an imaginary
  • Slow eclipse of the underworld
  • Persistent shadows
  • Roots of fascination

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