Fiona Peters – författare

The ‘mixed race’ classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children’s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of ‘mixedness’ underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification ‘mixed’ a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster care, Fostering Mixed Race Children examines the impact of care processes on children’s everyday experiences. Peters shows how the ‘mixed race’ classification affects care admission, including both short and long term fostering and care leaving, and shapes the experiences of children in often adverse ways. The book moves away from the psychologising of ‘mixedness’ towards a much-needed sociological analysis of ‘mixedness’ and ‘mixing’ at the intersection of foster care processes.

This book will be of interest to  academics and practitioners working with families and children. Peters presents a child-centred narrative focus and offers unique insights into a complex area.

There are few figures as captivating as the antihero: the character we can''t help but root for, even as we turn away in revulsion from many of the things they do. What is it that draws us to characters like Breaking Bad''s Walter White, Patricia Highsmith''s Tom Ripley, and Stieg Larsson''s Lisbeth Salander even as we decry the trail of destruction they leave in their wake?

Crime Uncovered: Antihero tackles that question and more. Mixing the popular and iconic, contemporary and ancient, the book explores the place and appeal of the antihero. Using figures from books, TV, film and more, including such up-to-the-minute examples as True Detective''s Rust Cole, the book places the antihero''s actions within the society he or she is rejecting, showing how expectations and social and familial structures create the backdrop against which the antihero''s posture becomes compelling. Featuring interviews with genre masters James Ellroy and Paul Johnston, Crime Uncovered: Antihero is an accessible, engaging analysis of what drives us to embrace those characters who acknowledge – or even flaunt – the dark side we all have somewhere deep inside.