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Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture: Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog (Crime Files) - Softcover

Book 21 of 35: Crime Files

Smith, Clare

 
9781349956043: Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture: Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog (Crime Files)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 134995604X ISBN 13: 9781349956043
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the four key elements associated with the murders – Jack the Ripper, the victims, the detective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are all used to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen. 

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About the Author

Clare Smith is the Collection Manager for the Art Collection at Amgueddfa Cymru –National Museum Wales, UK. She has an academic background in history of art and a PhD in Film Studies. Her research interests include the depiction of murder in art, film and television, and the depiction of women in nineteenth-century British art. 

From the Back Cover

In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the four key elements associated with the murders –Jack the Ripper, the victims, the detective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are all used to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen. 

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
134995604X
ISBN 13 
9781349956043
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
221