Shots in the mirror : crime films and society /

Movies play a central role in shaping our understanding of crime and the world generally, helping us define what is good and bad, desirable and unworthy, lawful and illicit, strong and weak. Crime films raise controversial issues about the distribution of social power and the meanings of deviance, a...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Gangster films > History and criticism.
Police films > History and criticism.
Prison films > History and criticism.
Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Film noir > Social aspects.
Gangster films > Social aspects.
Detective and mystery films > Social aspects.
Gangster films.
Films de gangsters > Histoire et critique.
Films policiers > Histoire et critique.
Films de prison > Histoire et critique.
Justice > Administration, au cinéma.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Films noirs > Aspect social.
Films de détective > Aspect social.
Films de gangsters > Aspect social.
Films de gangsters.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Gangster films
Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Police films
Prison films
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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