Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2016
X, 211 pages
978-1-137-59999-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"It is an academic examination of the films about Jack the Ripper. . it's quite a good book and in places it's though-provoking. . it's an interesting look at elements of Jack movies that you probably won't have noticed." (Ripperologist, Issue 6, June, 2016)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
X, 211 p.
File size
2,27 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-59999-5 (9781137599995)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-59999-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2016
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Person
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.
Content
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.
