Jack the Ripper in film and culture : top gat, Gladstone bag and fog / Clare Smith.
Smith, Clare, author.
2016
PS96.S44
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Title Jack the Ripper in film and culture : top gat, Gladstone bag and fog / Clare Smith.
Author Smith, Clare, author.
ISBN 9781137599995 (electronic book)
1137599995 (electronic book)
9781137599988
1137599987
Publication Details London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 9781137599988
Call Number PS96.S44
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.43/6
Summary In1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutalmurders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet filmand television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive andpersona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the fourkey elements associated with the murders - Jack the Ripper, the victims, thedetective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are allused to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen.
Note In1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutalmurders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet filmand television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive andpersona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the fourkey elements associated with the murders - Jack the Ripper, the victims, thedetective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are allused to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Crime files series.
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Introduction
Historical and cultural context
Psychoanalysis and the Whitechapel murders on film
Feminist film theory
Jack the Ripper
The detective
The victims
Whitechapel
Conclusion
Filmography
Bibliography
Index.

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