Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture

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By:

Clare Smith

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Crime Files

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

May 27th, 2018

Author

Clare Smith

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016

Illustrations

X, 211 p.

Pages

211

Series

Crime Files

Dimensions

148x210x12

ISBN-13

9781349956043

Product ID

28219056

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