Vice, crime, and poverty: how the western imagination invented the underworld
Auteur :
Kalifa, Dominique
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231187435
Date de publication :
26 oct. 2021
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Vice, Crime, and Poverty traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Dominique Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience.