The death penalty in American cinema: criminality and retribution in Hollywood film
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1. Verfasser: Koslovsky-Golan, Yvonne (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2014
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Beschreibung:Introduction; 1 Law, Fiction and Death; 2 The Death Penalty in the United States; 3 A Cinematic Window to Problems Concerning the Death Penalty; 4 Death Becomes Them: Women on the Gallows; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Foreword; List of Illustrations
Killing as punishment in the USA, whether ordained by lynch mob or the courts, reflects a paradox of the American nation: liberal, pluralistic, yet prone to lethal violence. This book examines the encounter between the legal history of the death penalty in America and its cinematic representations, through a comprehensive narrative and historical view of films dealing with this genre, from the silent era to the present. It addresses central issues of, for example, racial prejudice and attitudes towards the execution of women, and discusses how cinema has chosen to deal with them. It explores h
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (392 p.)
ISBN:0857734520
9780857734525

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