1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969290203321

Autore

Forshaw Barry

Titolo

British Crime Film : Subverting the Social Order / / by Barry Forshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9781283737104

1283737108

9781137274595

113727459X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Crime Files, , 2947-8359

Disciplina

791.436556

Soggetti

Motion pictures

Television broadcasting

Motion pictures - History

Motion pictures - Great Britain

Film genres

Film and Television Studies

Film and TV History

British Film and TV

Genre Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 A Social History of the Crime Film; 2 The Age of Austerity: Post-War Crime Films; 3 Class and Crime: Social Divisions; 4 Between Left and Right: Politics and Individuals; 5 Heritage Britain; 6 Shame of a Nation: Juvenile Delinquents and Exploitation; 7 The New Violence: The Loss of Innocence; 8 Scourging the Unacceptable: Censorship Battles; 9 Metropolitan Murder: London; 10 The Regions; 11 Breaking Taboos: Sex and the Crime Film; 12 Corporate Crime: Curtains for the Maverick; 13 Mockney Menace: The New Wave; 14 The Age of Acquisition: New Crime

15 Twenty-First-Century HybridsAppendix 1: The Directors: Makers of Key Crime Films; Appendix 2: TV Crime; Appendix 3: Crime and



Espionage; Appendix 4: Films, TV and Books; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a social history of British crime film, this book focuses on the strategies used in order to address more radical notions surrounding class, politics, sex, delinquency, violence and censorship. Spanning post-war crime cinema to present-day "Mockney" productions, it contextualizes the films and identifies important and neglected works.