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Shots in the mirror : crime films and society / Nicole Rafter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages): illustrations (black and white).
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Criminologist Nicole Rafter analyses the source of the appeal of crime films, and their role in popular culture. She argues that crime films both reflect and shape our ideas about fundamental social, economic and political issues.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-249) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772612-7
- OCLC:
- 1406785170
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