The Scene of Violence

Cinema, Crime, Affect

Alison Young

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Routledge Cavendish
12 November 2009

Film theory & criticism; Popular culture; Law & society

A crucial question in the analysis of legal practices concerns the processes of identification with, in and as law -- a question of how and by what route law achieves its ends. While it is conventional to interpret the practices of law through the institutional sources of the legal tradition, The Scene of Violence considers how law and legal practices figure in the cultural field; and, specifically, in film.

By: Alison Young
Imprint: Routledge Cavendish
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780415490719
ISBN 10: 0415490715
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 12 November 2009
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Melbourne University, Australia

Reviews for The Scene of Violence: Cinema, Crime, Affect

'Alison Young may be the best law and film scholar in the world. Her insight and eminence in the field are amply on display in The Scene of Violence. Here Young draws our attention to what she calls the spectatorial relation engendered by film. No one who watches a film will ever watch it the same way after reading this book. No one who has ever thought about the relationship of law, violence and film will ever think about them the same way after reading this book. The Scene of Violence will be an instant classic.' - Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College