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Criminology goes to the movies : crime theory and popular culture /

From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939- (Autor), Brown, Michelle, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780814777411
0814777414
9780814745298
0814745296