Shots in the mirror :: crime films and society /

Movies play a central role in shaping our understanding of crime and the world generally, helping us define what is good and bad, desirable and unworthy, lawful and illicit, strong and weak. Crime films raise controversial issues about the distribution of social power and the meanings of deviance, a...

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1. Verfasser: Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Zusammenfassung:Movies play a central role in shaping our understanding of crime and the world generally, helping us define what is good and bad, desirable and unworthy, lawful and illicit, strong and weak. Crime films raise controversial issues about the distribution of social power and the meanings of deviance, and they provide a safe space for fantasies of rebellion, punishment, and the restoration of order. In this, the first comprehensive study of its kind, well-known criminologist Nicole Rafter examines the relationship between society and crime films from the perspectives of criminal justice, film history and technique, and sociology. Dealing with over 300 films ranging from gangster and cop to trial and prison movies, Shots in the Mirror concentrates on works in the Hollywood tradition but also identifies a darker strain of critical films that portray crime and punishment more bleakly.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 201 pages)
Bibliographie:Filmography: pages 181-185.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index.
ISBN:9780198029731
019802973X
1423760379
9781423760375
1280472332
9781280472336
9786610472338
6610472335
1602563683
9781602563681

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