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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1845203291
ISBN-13
9781845203290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212596434

Product Key Features

Book Title
Mob Culture : Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Film / Genres / Crime, General, Film / History & Criticism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
Author
Esther Sonnet
Format
Hardcover

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0.9 in
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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'This book does a fine job at what it sets out to do - to redefine the American gangster genre.'William Luhr, Saint Peter's College'Mob Cultures uncovers new aspects of the gangster genre, from its dress codes to its relation to government investigation, from gangsters on nickelodeon screens to HBO series, from Tong wars in Chinatown to the African American gangster in race films. Think you know the gangster genre? Read this book and discover dimensions you never dreamed of.'Tom Gunning, University of Chicago
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
791.43652
Table Of Content
I. Producing Crime: Gangs and the Gangster FilmGangsters and Governance in the Silent EraLee Grieveson, King's College, University of LondonWhy Boys Go Wrong: Gangsters, Hoodlums, and the Natural History of Delinquent CareersRichard Maltby, School of Humanities at Flinders University, South AustraliaGang Busters: The Kefauver Crime Committee and the Syndicate Films of the 1950sRonald W. Wilson, independent scholar residing in Lawrence, KansasII. Gangster Transgressions: Gender and SexualityLadies Love Brutes: Reclaiming Female Pleasures in the Lost History of Hollywood Gangster Cycles, 1929-1931Esther Sonnet, University of PortsmouthA Gunsel Is Being Beaten: Gangster Masculinity and the Homoerotics of the Crime Film, 1941-1942Gaylyn Studlar, University of Michigan, Ann ArborMother Barker: Film Star and Public Enemy No. 1Mary Elizabeth Strunk, Syracuse University"Good Evening Gentlemen, Can I Check Your Hats Please?": Masculinity, Dress, and the Retro Gangster Cycles of the 1990sEsther Sonnet, University of Portsmouth, and Peter Stanfield, University of Kent at CanterburyWaddaya Lookin' At?: Re-reading the Gangster Film Through The SopranosMartha P. Nochimson, Mercy College Film Studies ProgramIII. "Other" Gangsters: Race, Politics, and the Gangster FilmBlack Hands and White Hearts: Southern Italian Immigrants, Crime, and Race in Early American CinemaGiorgio Bertellini, University of Michigan"American Like Chop Suey": Invocations of Gangsters in Chinatown, 1920-1935Peter Stanfield, University of Kent at CanterburyThe Underworld Films of Oscar Micheaux and Ralph Cooper: Toward a Genealogy of the Black Screen GangsterJonathan Munby, Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University, UKWalking the Streets: Black Gangsters and the "Abandoned City" in the 1970s Blaxploitation CyclePeter Stanfield, University of Kent at Canterbury
Synopsis
The gangster is perhaps the most potent figure in American cinema. Yet film criticism has focused almost entirely on a few canonical films such as Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, and The Godfather trilogy, resulting in a limited and distorted understanding of the compelling presence and persistence of the gangster. Mob Culture presents a detailed examination of the ideological richness of the gangster film throughout Hollywood's production history, from the silent period to the present.Mob Culture explores how the gangster figure has been connected to various cultural and racial identities, how issues of gender and sexuality are frequently highlighted by the genre, and how film criticism has drawn on eugenics, sociology and psychology to try to explain and contain the gangster. An ideal guide to both the film history and the critical literature, Mob Culture redefines the American gangster at the movies.
LC Classification Number
PN1995.9.G3

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