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Jack the Ripper in film and culture : top gat, Gladstone bag and fog / Clare Smith.

9781137599995 (electronic book)
1137599995 (electronic book)
9781137599988
1137599987

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

English

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9781137599988

PS96.S44

791.43/6

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.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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