Judges and Ruth, Evans Mary J.

Автор: Evans, Mary Moore, Sarah Johnstone, Hazel
Название: Detecting the social
ISBN: 331994519X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319945194
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book analyses the ways in which twenty-first century detective fiction provides an understanding of the increasingly complex and often baffling contemporary world — and what sociology, as a discipline, can learn from it.Conventional sociological accounts of fiction generally comprehend its value in terms of the ways in which it can illustrate, enlarge or help to articulate a particular social theory. Evans, Moore, and Johnstone suggest a different approach, and demonstrate that by taking a group of detective novels, we can unveil so far unidentified, but crucial, theoretical ideas about what it means to be an individual in the twenty-first century. More specifically, the authors argue that detective fiction of the last forty years illuminates the effects of urban isolation and separation, the invisibility of institutional power, financial insecurity, and the failure of public authorities to protect people. In doing so, this body of fiction traces out the fault-lines in our social arrangements, rehearses our collective fears, and captures a mood of restless disquiet. By engaging with detective stories in this way, the book revisits ideas about the promise and purpose of sociology.?

Автор: Evans Mary
Название: Crying Won`t Bring Her Back
ISBN: 0228802970 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780228802976
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At only seven years old, Ava watches her mother drive away and never come back. Left on a family member's doorstep along with her two-year-old brother, Blake, Ava holds onto the faint hope that her mother will return someday.

Yet, her hopes are shattered when social services get involved, putting the children in foster care. Navigating a revolving set of foster homes, Ava's dream of seeing her mother again grow slimmer every day. Her only solace is a journal in which she writes letters to her lost mother, but she still struggles with the possibility of following in her mother's hazardous footsteps.

With the help of a kind elderly lady and the eventual birth of her own child, Ava slowly comes to terms with her tumultuous childhood. However, a long-awaited reunion years later uncovers old scars and a tragic secret that could unravel everything.