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Shots in the mirror : crime films and society
- Title
- Shots in the mirror : crime films and society / Nicole Rafter.
- Author
- Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PN1995.9.G3 R34 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 265 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Criminologist Nicole Rafter analyses the source of the appeal of crime films, and their role in popular culture. She argues that crime films both reflect and shape our ideas about fundamental social, economic and political issues.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: crime films and society -- The history of crime films / by Drew Todd -- Why they went bad: criminology in crime films -- Slasher, serial killer, and psycho movies -- Cop and detective films -- Criminal law films -- Prison and execution films -- The heroes of crime films -- The alternative tradition and films of moral ambiguity -- Appendix: crime films cited with release dates.
- ISBN
- 9780195175059
- 9780195175066
- 0195175069
- 0195175050
- 0195175169 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2005015262
- 9780195175059
- 9780195175066
- OCLC
- ocm60557471
- 60557471
- SCSB-1388514
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library