| Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso Contributor(s): Olson, Greta (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110339773 ISBN-13: 9783110339772 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $143.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Collections - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364 |
| Series: Law & Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Criminals as Animals demonstrates how animal metaphors have been used to denigrate persons identified as criminal in literature, law, and science. It traces the popularization of the 'criminal beast' metaphor in the late 16th century, the troubling of the trope during the long 18th century, and the later discovery of criminal atavism. It concludes that criminal-animal metaphors influence punitive treatments of prisoners and the poor even today. |