Criminology goes to the movies: crime theory and popular culture
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Main Author: Rafter, Nicole Hahn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York New York University ©2011
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: taking criminology to the movies -- "For money and a woman" : rational choice theories and double indemnity -- "He's alive!" : biological theories and Frankenstein -- "Blood, mother, blood!" : psychological theories and psycho -- "You talking to me?" : social disorganization theories and taxi driver -- "You're giving me a nervous breakdown" : strain theories and traffic -- Getting the drift : social learning theories and Mystic River -- "Pornography in foot-high stacks" : labeling theory and capturing the Friedmans -- Fight the power : conflict theories and do the right thing -- "Let her go" : feminist criminology and thelma and louise -- A matter of time : lifecourse theories and city of God -- Conclusion: the big picture
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 227 pages)
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