{"product_id":"9781032789293-murder-in-motion","title":"Murder in Motion","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Sociological Analysis of the City, Transit, and Identity in the Modernist and Postmodernist Thriller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexamines the fictional category of thriller through the lens of city life using exegetical tools drawn from urban sociology to locate the mechanism of suspense and determine the significance of representations of anxiety within metropolitan settings against the backdrop of increased mobility and speed of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMurder in Motion\u003c\/em\u003e examines the fictional category of the thriller – a genre founded on the effects and objects of suspense – through the lens of city dwelling. In particular, the purpose is to locate the mechanism of suspense against the backdrop of the increased mobility and speed of modern life, employing exegetical tools drawn from urban sociology and related fields to determine the significance of representations of anxiety within metropolitan settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExisting scholarship has tended to treat suspense as a technique of temporal delay and the thriller as a formal genre. Quite differently, this study reads key (literary, cinematic, and televisual) narratives in relation to epochal transformations of society, from industrialization and modernity to globalization, placing emphasis on the intersection of modern transport and identity. It is a phenomenon the sociologist Hartmut Rosa has designated \"social acceleration.\" It becomes evident through the classical, modernist, and postmodernist phases of the thriller, while the meaning of suspense changes according to the velocity and spatial compressions resulting from technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe audience for the book will be students, instructors, and researchers in literary studies, film studies, and media studies, as well as researchers in sociology and critical theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57599067193718,"sku":"9781032789293","price":46.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40625492.jpg?v=1775724773","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032789293-murder-in-motion","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}