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Vigilantes : private justice in popular cinema / Kevin Grant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Kevin (Film historian), 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vigilantes in motion pictures.
- Revenge in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 220 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Summary:
- ""For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels. But screen vigilantes have taken many guises, from Old West lynch mobs and rogue police officers to rape-avengers and military-trained equalizers. This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like The Birth of a Nation, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and Taxi Driver, Falling Down and You Were Never Really Here, in which the vigilante impulse was symptomatic of mental instability. It also considers the extent to which fictional vigilantism functions as social commentary and to what degree it is simply stoking popular fears."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3868-3
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