Juridical Investigacion, Literature and Social Imaginary in the 19th Century
Keywords:
criminal history, social imaginary, courts records, representation, modernity.
Abstract
Western culture has a long tradition of celebrated causes, facts and biographies of famous criminals. The nineteenth century produced a double inflection in this tradition: first, interest shifted to the judicial statistics, data from the trial, and its main actors. Secondly, the codification of this change includes a new social imaginary. This process is followed through the sociology of nineteenth-century literature.Format
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Kalifa, D. (2011). Juridical Investigacion, Literature and Social Imaginary in the 19th Century. Cuadernos de Historia Contemporánea, 33, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CHCO.2011.v33.36664
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