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Shots in the mirror : crime films and society / Nicole Rafter.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangster films--History and criticism.
- Gangster films.
- Police films--History and criticism.
- Police films.
- Prison films--History and criticism.
- Prison films.
- Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195175050
- 0195175069
- OCLC:
- 60557471
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195175059
- 9780195175066
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