Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture

Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-349-95604-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 2952 g

Reihe: Crime Files

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Clare

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturpsychologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Chapter 1. Historical and Cultural Context.- Chapter 2. Psychoanalytical Approach.- Chapter 3. Feminist Film Theory.- Chapter 4 Jack the Ripper.- Chapter 5. The Detective.- Chapter 6. The Victims.- Chapter 7. Whitechapel.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Filmography.

Über Autor(innen)

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.