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Crime culture : figuring criminality in fiction and film / edited by Bran Nicol, Eugene McNulty and Patricia Pulham.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Continuum literary studies.
- Continuum literary studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime in literature.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Crime films--United States--History and criticism.
- Crime films.
- Crime films--Great Britain--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exploring crime in works which are not usually associated with crime genres, this work breathes new life into staple themes in crime fiction/cinema such as gender, the body and the city, and offers analyses of new elements such as the mythology of the hitman and the cultural impact of 'senseless' murders.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Crime Culture and Modernity; Part I: Breaking Boundaries: Games, Art and the Image; Part II: Revisiting Noir; Part III: Vixens and Victims: Criminal Femininities; Part IV: Angels of Death: Criminal Masculinities; Part V: Reading the Criminal Other; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613205735
- 9781283205733
- 1283205734
- 9781441140128
- 1441140123
- OCLC:
- 745865996
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