{"product_id":"9783030395872","title":"Criminals as Heroes in Popular Culture","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCriminals as Heroes in Popular Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJames, Roxie J.; Lane, Kathryn E.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book delves into humanity’s compulsive need to valorize criminals. The criminal hero is a seductive figure, and audiences get a rather scopophilic pleasure in watching people behave badly. This book offers an analysis of the varied and vexing definitions of hero, criminal, and criminal heroes both historically and culturally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book also examines the global presence, gendered complications, and gentle juxtapositions in criminal hero figures such as: Robin Hood, \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Vandal\u003c\/i\u003e, Kabir, Plunkett and Macleane, Martha Stewart, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, \u003ci\u003eOcean’s 11\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Ocean’s Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLet The Bullets Fly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Pivot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-03-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030395872\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-39585-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 177\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47528512585868,"sku":"9783030395872","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030395872.jpg?v=1776042667","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030395872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}