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The Resource War crimes, atrocity, and justice, Michael J. Shapiro

War crimes, atrocity, and justice, Michael J. Shapiro

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What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Shapiro contrasts the justice-related imagery of the war crimes trial (for example the solitary, headphone-wearing defendant at the Hague listening with intent to a catalogue of charges) with ?literary justice?: representations in literature, film, and biographical testimony, raising questions about atrocities and justice that juridical proceedings exclude. By engaging with the ambiguities exposed by the artistic and experiential genres, reading them alongside policy and archival documentation and critical theoretical discourses, Shapiro?s War Crimes, Atrocity, and Justice challenges traditional notions of ?responsibility? in juridical settings. His comparative readings instead encourage a focus on the conditions of possibility for war crimes as they arise from the actions of states, non-state agencies and individuals involved in arms trading, peace keeping, sex trafficking, and law enforcement and adjudication. Theory springs to life as Shapiro draws on examples from legal discourse, literature, media, film, and television, to build a nuanced picture of politics and the problem of justice. It will be of great interest to students of film and media, literature, cultural studies, contemporary philosophy and political science.--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
ix, 219 pages
Contents
  • The global justice dispositif
  • Atrocity, securitization, and exuberant lines of flight
  • What does a weapon see?
  • Borderline justice
  • Justice and the archives
Isbn
9780745671550
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War crimes, atrocity, and justice
Title
War crimes, atrocity, and justice
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Michael J. Shapiro
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice are understood? In this wide ranging text, Michael J. Shapiro contrasts the justice-related imagery of the war crimes trial (for example the solitary, headphone-wearing defendant at the Hague listening with intent to a catalogue of charges) with ?literary justice?: representations in literature, film, and biographical testimony, raising questions about atrocities and justice that juridical proceedings exclude. By engaging with the ambiguities exposed by the artistic and experiential genres, reading them alongside policy and archival documentation and critical theoretical discourses, Shapiro?s War Crimes, Atrocity, and Justice challenges traditional notions of ?responsibility? in juridical settings. His comparative readings instead encourage a focus on the conditions of possibility for war crimes as they arise from the actions of states, non-state agencies and individuals involved in arms trading, peace keeping, sex trafficking, and law enforcement and adjudication. Theory springs to life as Shapiro draws on examples from legal discourse, literature, media, film, and television, to build a nuanced picture of politics and the problem of justice. It will be of great interest to students of film and media, literature, cultural studies, contemporary philosophy and political science.--
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Shapiro, Michael J
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • War in literature
  • War films
  • Trials in literature
  • Trials in motion pictures
  • War crimes
  • Crime in literature
  • Crime in popular culture
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War crimes, atrocity, and justice, Michael J. Shapiro
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
  • The global justice dispositif
  • Atrocity, securitization, and exuberant lines of flight
  • What does a weapon see?
  • Borderline justice
  • Justice and the archives
Control code
FIEb17683579
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
ix, 219 pages
Isbn
9780745671550
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)898005739
Label
War crimes, atrocity, and justice, Michael J. Shapiro
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
  • The global justice dispositif
  • Atrocity, securitization, and exuberant lines of flight
  • What does a weapon see?
  • Borderline justice
  • Justice and the archives
Control code
FIEb17683579
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
ix, 219 pages
Isbn
9780745671550
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)898005739

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