Investigating cinema under the magnifying glass 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 sophisticated criminological perspective to bear on crime films, Rafter and Brown's book provides a fresh way of looking at cinema, using the concepts and analytical tools of criminology to uncover previously unnoticed meanings in film, ultimately making the study of criminological theory more engaging and effective for students while simultaneously demonstrating how theories of crime circulate in our mass-mediated worlds. The result is an illuminating new way of seeing movies and a delightful way of learning about criminology.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-13
9780814776520
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111609225
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Criminal Law
Author
Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown
Publication Name
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Law
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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