Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld
Beggars, outcasts, urchins, waifs, prostitutes, criminals, convicts, madmen, fallen women, lunatics, degenerates—part reality, part fantasy, these are the grotesque faces that populate the underworld, the dark inverse of our everyday world. Lurking in the mirror that we hold up to our society, they...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Beggars, outcasts, urchins, waifs, prostitutes, criminals, convicts, madmen, fallen women, lunatics, degenerates—part reality, part fantasy, these are the grotesque faces that populate the underworld, the dark inverse of our everyday world. Lurking in the mirror that we hold up to our society, they are our counterparts and our doubles, repelling us and yet offering the tantalizing promise of escape. Although these images testify to undeniable social realities, the sordid lower depths make up a symbolic and social imaginary that reflects our fears and anxieties—as well as our desires.In Vice, Crime, and Poverty, Dominique Kalifa traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. He examines how the myth of the lower depths came into being in nineteenth-century Europe, as biblical figures and Christian traditions were adapted for a world turned upside-down by the era of industrialization, democratization, and mass culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience. While the social conditions that created that underworld have changed, Vice, Crime, and Poverty shows that, from social-scientific ideas of the underclass to contemporary cinema and steampunk culture, its shadows continue to haunt us |
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| spelling | Kalifa, Dominique 1957-2020 Verfasser (DE-588)138434476 aut Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld Dominique Kalifa New York, NY Columbia University Press [2019] © 2019 1 online resource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019) Beggars, outcasts, urchins, waifs, prostitutes, criminals, convicts, madmen, fallen women, lunatics, degenerates—part reality, part fantasy, these are the grotesque faces that populate the underworld, the dark inverse of our everyday world. Lurking in the mirror that we hold up to our society, they are our counterparts and our doubles, repelling us and yet offering the tantalizing promise of escape. Although these images testify to undeniable social realities, the sordid lower depths make up a symbolic and social imaginary that reflects our fears and anxieties—as well as our desires.In Vice, Crime, and Poverty, Dominique Kalifa traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. He examines how the myth of the lower depths came into being in nineteenth-century Europe, as biblical figures and Christian traditions were adapted for a world turned upside-down by the era of industrialization, democratization, and mass culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience. While the social conditions that created that underworld have changed, Vice, Crime, and Poverty shows that, from social-scientific ideas of the underclass to contemporary cinema and steampunk culture, its shadows continue to haunt us In English Geschichte 1800-2000 gnd rswk-swf SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban bisacsh Criminals History Marginality, Social, in literature Marginality, Social Urban poor History Unterwelt Soziologie (DE-588)4187122-4 gnd rswk-swf Kriminalität Motiv (DE-588)4165729-9 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Unterwelt Soziologie (DE-588)4187122-4 s Kriminalität Motiv (DE-588)4165729-9 s Geschichte 1800-2000 z 1\p DE-604 Emanuel, Susan 1950- Sonstige (DE-588)1056145277 oth Maza, Sarah C. 1953- Sonstige (DE-588)129670537 oth https://doi.org/10.7312/kali18742 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
| spellingShingle | Kalifa, Dominique 1957-2020 Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban bisacsh Criminals History Marginality, Social, in literature Marginality, Social Urban poor History Unterwelt Soziologie (DE-588)4187122-4 gnd Kriminalität Motiv (DE-588)4165729-9 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
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| title | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld |
| title_auth | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld |
| title_exact_search | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld |
| title_full | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld Dominique Kalifa |
| title_fullStr | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld Dominique Kalifa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vice, Crime, and Poverty How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld Dominique Kalifa |
| title_short | Vice, Crime, and Poverty |
| title_sort | vice crime and poverty how the western imagination invented the underworld |
| title_sub | How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld |
| topic | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban bisacsh Criminals History Marginality, Social, in literature Marginality, Social Urban poor History Unterwelt Soziologie (DE-588)4187122-4 gnd Kriminalität Motiv (DE-588)4165729-9 gnd Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd |
| topic_facet | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban Criminals History Marginality, Social, in literature Marginality, Social Urban poor History Unterwelt Soziologie Kriminalität Motiv Literatur |
| url | https://doi.org/10.7312/kali18742 |
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