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Criminology, image and narrative

Bibliographic Data

ID5793741
AuthorsEamonn Carrabine (0000-0003-4269-2757, University of Essex, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume12
Issue2
Pages253-270
Publication date2016-07-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCrime Media Culture An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1741-6590 • E-ISSN: 1741-6604
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1741659016637640
OpenAlexW2503426995
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited45

This paper addresses the extent to which the 'narrative turn' in criminology can help inform how images should be read and interpreted. It begins by setting out structuralist analyses of narrative, before discussing an influential art historical approach to iconography and then turns to a substantive analysis of medieval penal imaginaries. Here the argument is that the images of extreme violence did not exactly reflect the realities of medieval life, rather they helped to dramatize them. The implications of this anthropological point are explored in the final section where the relationships between art, discourse and narrative are set out in further detail

Argument (complex analysis · Narratology · Section (typography · Archaeological Research and Protection · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy, History, and Historiography

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