| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 201 pages) |
| Contents |
The history of crime films / by Drew Todd -- Why they went bad : criminology in crime films -- Cop films -- Courtroom films / with Charles Alexander Hahn -- Prison and execution films -- The heroes of crime films -- The future of crime films |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 181-185 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gangster films -- History and criticism
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Police films -- History and criticism
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Prison films -- History and criticism
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States
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Film noir -- Social aspects
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Gangster films -- Social aspects
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Detective and mystery films -- Social aspects
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Gangster films.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Gangster films
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Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Police films
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Prison films
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198029731 |
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019802973X |
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1423760379 |
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9781423760375 |
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1280472332 |
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9781280472336 |
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9786610472338 |
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6610472335 |
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1602563683 |
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9781602563681 |
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