British Crime Film : Subverting the Social Order / by Barry Forshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forshaw, Barry.

Series:

Crime Files, 2947-8359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures.

Television broadcasting.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures--Great Britain.

Film genres.

Film and Television Studies.

Film and TV History.

British Film and TV.

Genre Studies.

Local Subjects:

Film and Television Studies.

Film and TV History.

British Film and TV.

Genre Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and censorship. Spanning post-war crime cinema to present-day "Mockney" productions, it contextualizes the films and identifies important and neglected works.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; 1 A Social History of the Crime Film; 2 The Age of Austerity: Post-War Crime Films; 3 Class and Crime: Social Divisions; 4 Between Left and Right: Politics and Individuals; 5 Heritage Britain; 6 Shame of a Nation: Juvenile Delinquents and Exploitation; 7 The New Violence: The Loss of Innocence; 8 Scourging the Unacceptable: Censorship Battles; 9 Metropolitan Murder: London; 10 The Regions; 11 Breaking Taboos: Sex and the Crime Film; 12 Corporate Crime: Curtains for the Maverick; 13 Mockney Menace: The New Wave; 14 The Age of Acquisition: New Crime

15 Twenty-First-Century HybridsAppendix 1: The Directors: Makers of Key Crime Films; Appendix 2: TV Crime; Appendix 3: Crime and Espionage; Appendix 4: Films, TV and Books; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283737104

1283737108

9781137274595

113727459X

OCLC:

815767152