Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture : Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog / by Clare Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Clare., Author.

Series:

Crime Files, 2947-8359

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature.

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Literature and technology.

Mass media and literature.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Comparative Literature.

Literary History.

Literature and Technology.

Film and TV History.

Cultural History.

Local Subjects:

Comparative Literature.

Literary History.

Literature and Technology.

Film and TV History.

Cultural History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

Summary:

In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the four key elements associated with the murders –Jack the Ripper, the victims, the detective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are all used to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen. .

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Historical and Cultural Context

Chapter 2. Psychoanalytical Approach

Chapter 3. Feminist Film Theory

Chapter 4 Jack the Ripper

Chapter 5. The Detective

Chapter 6. The Victims

Chapter 7. Whitechapel

Conclusion

Bibliography

Filmography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index.

ISBN:

9781137599995

1137599995