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- Bloody murder : the homicide tradition in children's literature / by Abate, Michelle Ann,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.Once upon a crime: homicide in American culture and popular children's literature from "Bluebeard" to Harry Potter -- "You must kill her and bring me her lungs and liver as proof": "Snow White" and the fact as well as fantasy of filicide -- "The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties ... 'off with his head!' ": Alice's adventures in Wonderland and the antigallows movement -- "Swarthy, sun-tanned, villainous looking fellows": Tarzan of the apes and criminal anthropology -- "A sixth sense seemed to tell her that she had encountered something unusual": psychic sleuthing in the Nancy Drew mystery stories -- "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?": juvenile delinquency, teenager killers, and a pulp aesthetic in the Outsiders -- "My job is ... to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury": confronting the demonization-and dramatization-of murder in Walter Dean Myers' monster -- Epilogue: "Just because you don't have a pulse doesn't mean you can't be perky": my so-called death, young adult zombie fiction, and murder in the posthuman age.- Subjects: Children's literature, English; Children's literature, American; Homicide in literature.; Crime in popular culture; Literature and society; Social values in literature.; Murder in literature.;
- © 2013., Johns Hopkins University Press,
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- A history of violence : from the end of the Middle Ages to the present / by Muchembled, Robert,1944-; Birrell, Jean,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and index.1. What is violence? Is violence innate? -- Violence and manliness -- Semen and blood : a history of honour -- 2. Violence : seven centuries of spectacular decline. The reliability of the crime figures -- Seven centuries of decline -- The 'making' of young men -- 3. The youth festivals of violence (thirteenth to seventeenth centuries). A culture of violence -- Violent festivities and brutal games -- Youth violence -- 4. The urban peace at the end of the Middle Ages. The pacificatory towns -- Controlling the young -- Violence costs dear -- 5. Cain and Medea : homicide and the construction of sexed genders (1500-1650). A judicial revolution -- In pursuit of the ungrateful son : the spread of the blood taboo -- Medea, the guilty mother -- 6. The noble duel and popular revolt : the metamorphoses of violence. The duel, a French exception -- Noble youths sharpen their swords -- Popular violence and the frustrations of youth -- 7. Violence tamed (1650-1960). Murder is forbidden -- The civilizing town -- Violence and changing concepts of honour in the countryside -- 8. Mortal thrills and crime fiction (sixteenth to twentieth centuries). The devil, assuredly: the birth of crime fiction -- From bloodthirsty murderer to well-loved bandit -- Blood and ink -- 9. The return of the gangs: contemporary adolescence and violence. Death in paradise -- Juvenile deliquency -- 'Rebel without a cause' or 'eternal recurrence' -- Is the end of violence possible?Violence is so much in the news today that we may find it hard to believe that it is less prevalent than it was in the past. But this is exactly what the distinguished historian Robert Muchembled argues in this major new work on the history of violence. He shows that brutality and homicide have been in decline since the thirteenth century. The thesis of a "civilizing process", of a gradual taming, even sublimation, of violence, seems, therefore, to be well-founded. How are we to explain this decline in public displays of aggression? What mechanisms have modernizing societies employed to repress and control violence? The increasingly strict social control of unmarried, male adolescents, together with the coercive education imposed on this age group, are central to Muchembled's explanation. Masculine violence gradually disappeared from public space, to become concentrated in the home. Meanwhile, a vast popular literature, precursor of the modern mass media, came to play a cathartic role: the duels of The Three Musketeers and the amazing exploits of Fantomas, as described in the new crime literature invented in the nineteenth century, now helped to purge the violent impulses. -- Book cover.- Subjects: Violence; Violence; Violence; Violence; Nonviolence; Youth and violence.;
- © ©2012., Polity,
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- Clockers / [electronic resource]. by Price, Richard.;
Eighteen years ago, Richard Price's first novel, The Wanderers, was hailed by Hubert Selby, Jr., in the New York Times Book Review as "an outstanding work of art." Three novels and a dozen years later, Price made an equally stunning debut in Hollywood with his screenplay for The Color of Money, which was nominated for an Academy Award. And in 1989 his script for Sea of Love was widely recognized as a key to that movie's great success. But none of these accomplishments prepares us for the power and the brilliance of his new novel: with Clockers, Richard Price takes a long step forward and joins the first rank of American writers. Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a city just outside Manhattan, has lost his appetite for the wild drama of the street. When a warm June night brings yet another drug murder, Rocco has no sense that the case is anything special. A black twenty-year-old steps forward to confess, but a little digging reveals...Electronic reproduction.- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.;
- © 1992.,
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- Hems and homicide : [electronic resource] : Apron Shop series, book 1. by Penney, Elizabeth.; Niemi, Kim.;
Narrator: Kim Niemi.Welcome to the quaint village of Blueberry Cove, Maine, where an expert seamstress turned amateur sleuth is getting measured for murder . . . Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne-and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life. Her and Anne's shop, Ruffles & Bows, is set to include all the latest and vintage linen fashions, a studio for sewing groups and classes, and a friendly orange cat. The only thing that they were not planning to have on the property? A skeleton in the basement. Anne recognizes the remains of an old friend, and when a second body shows up in the apron shop-this time their corrupt landlord, whom Anne had been feuding with for decades-she becomes a prime suspect. Now, it's up to Iris to help clear her name. Enlisting the help of her old high-school crush Ian Stewart who, like certain fabrics, has only gotten better-looking with age and her plucky BFF Madison Morris, Iris, must piece together an investigation to find out who the real killer is . . . and find a way to keep her brand-new business from being scrapped in the process.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 214165 KB).- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.; Mystery.;
- © 2019., Tantor Audio,
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- Heat wave : [electronic resource]. by Castle, Richard.; Heller, Johnny.;
Narrator: Johnny Heller.A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one NYPD detective shines a light. Mystery sensation Richard Castle introduces his newest character, NYPD homicide detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, and professional, Nikki carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest. Pulitzer Prize winner Rook is as much a handful as he is handsome. But his wisecracking and meddling aren't Nikki's only problems. As she works to unravel the secrets of the murdered real estate tycoon, she must also confront the spark between them.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 179870 KB).- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.; Mystery.;
- © 2009., Tantor Audio,
- On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=257556 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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