CHAPTER 1.3 Forensic Fantasy and the Political Economy of Representation: Scenes from the Brave Noir World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Part One CRIME, CAPITAL, AND THE METAPHYSICS OF DISORDER: AN OVERVIEW, IN THREE MOVEMENTS
5. CHAPTER 1.1 Crime, Policing, and the Making of Modernity: The State, Sovereignty, and the Il/legal 3
6. CHAPTER 1.2 The Order of Things to Come: Crime- and- Policing in the Present Continuous 40
7. CHAPTER 1.3 Forensic Fantasy and the Political Economy of Representation: Scenes from the Brave Noir World 71
8. Part Two LAW- MAKING, LAW- BREAKING, AND LAW- ENFORCEMENT: FIVE UNEASY PIECES
9. CHAPTER 2.1 Divine Detection: Policing at the Edge 101
10. CHAPTER 2.2 Imposture, Law, and the Policing of Personhood: The Return of Khulekani Khumalo, Zombie Captive 125
11. CHAPTER 2.3 Figuring Crime: Quantifacts, Mythostats, and the Production of the Un/real 143
12. CHAPTER 2.4 Outsourcing Justice, Privatizing Protection: Practices of Popular Sovereignty 181
13. CHAPTER 2.5 Sharp Endings: A Pointed Afterimage 218
14. Acknowledgments 225
15. Notes 229
16. References 285
17. Index 327