British crime film : subverting the social order

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 contextualize...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Forshaw, Barry
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Edition1
SeriesCrime Files Series
Subjects
British Cinema and TV
Crime films
Crime films > Great Britain > History and criticism
Cultural and Media Studies
Film genres
Film History
Genre
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Social aspects > Great Britain
Palgrave Literature Collection
Screen Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- 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 Hybrids -- Appendix 1: The Directors: Makers of Key Crime Films -- Appendix 2: TV Crime -- Appendix 3: Crime and Espionage -- Appendix 4: Films, TV and Books -- Index