Outputs (12)

“A Ringer Was Used to Make the Killing”: Horse Painting and Racetrack Corruption in the Early Depression-Era War on Crime (2021)
Journal Article
Miller, V. (2021). “A Ringer Was Used to Make the Killing”: Horse Painting and Racetrack Corruption in the Early Depression-Era War on Crime. Journal of American Studies, 55(5), 1153-1177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875820001759

Peter Christian "Paddy" Barrie was a seasoned fraudster who transferred his horse doping and horse substitution skills from British to North American racetracks in the 1920s. His thoroughbred ringers were entered in elite races to guarantee winnings... Read More about “A Ringer Was Used to Make the Killing”: Horse Painting and Racetrack Corruption in the Early Depression-Era War on Crime.

The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis (2021)
Journal Article
Farris, S., Nira, Y.-D., & Rottenberg, C. (2021). The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis. State Crime Journal, 10(2), 284-303. https://doi.org/10.13169/STATECRIME.10.2.0284

In this paper, we examine the multiple significations of the “frontline” metaphor in the UK during the first ten months of COVID-19. We argue that the term “frontline” has operated as a performative frame, which has helped to produce the very notion... Read More about The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis.