Crime and Art: Sociological and Criminological Perspectives of Crimes in the Art World

by Simon Mackenzie

Introduction.- Part I: Methods.- Transiting Through the Antiquities Market.- Exploring Taste Formation and Performance in the Illicit Trade of Human Remains on Instagram.- #antiquitiesdealers.- Evaluating the transformative potential of Photovoice for research into the global illicit trade in cultural objects.- A New Method of Forensic Archaeology.- Part II: Theory.- Cuneiform exceptionalism?.- Crime, Material and Meaning in Art World Desirescapes.- Authentically Exotic and Authentically Beautiful.- "Blitzkrieg Against Black Magic".- Art Crime and the Myth of Violence.- Part III: Data Applications.- Small Museums, Big Problems.- Guardians in the Antiquities Market.- More Than Just Money.- Offender Motivations and Expectations of Data in Antiquities Looting.- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Clock.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030848558
• ISBN13: 9783030848552
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"