What is it about?
This article studies how representations of atrocity in popular culture (i.e., Netflix) inform our ideas of what qualifies as relevant to international criminal law. As a case-study, I focus on a situation that has been less prominent in the international criminal justice literature: the Mexican 'drug war'.
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Why is it important?
It is important because atrocities are perpetrated in a variety of different contexts, but not all of these are considered relevant to international criminal justice. In part, this is about aesthetics. Studying how atrocities are represented informs our understanding of the aesthetic boundaries of international criminal justice.
Perspectives
This publication allowed me to explore the relationship between aesthetics and law. I found the work of cultural criminologists particularly instructive.
Dr JAVIER SEBASTIAN ESKAURIATZA
University of Nottingham
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This page is a summary of: Entertaining Selectivity: ‘Narcos’, Netflix, and International Crimes, July 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004677951_018.
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