Kevin Grant

Vigilantes

Private Justice in Popular Cinema

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish and its sequels. But screen vigilantes have taken many guises, from Old West lynch mobs and rogue police officers to rape-avengers and military-trained equalizers. This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like The Birth of a Nation, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and Taxi Driver, Falling Down and You Were Never Really Here, in which the vigilante impulse was symptomatic of mental instability. Also considered is the extent to which fictional vigilantism functions as social commentary and to what degree it is simply stoking popular fears.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781476680057
• ISBN-10: 1476680051
• Artikelnr.: 61813070

Autorenporträt

Kevin Grant is a film historian and periodical journalist living in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction One.
Hang 'Em High: Rough Justice in the Western Two.
Mobs and Coppers: Fear and Loathing in Crime and Social-Problem Films Three.
Judge, Jury and Executioner: Death Wish Through the Ages Four.
Power to the People: The Golden Age of Vigilante Cinema Five.
Across the Thin Blue Line: Vigilantism in the Legal System Six.
Angels of Vengeance: Female Vigilantes Seven.
Everyone Must Be Held Accountable: The Vigilante Branches Out Annotated Filmography Chapter Notes Bibliography Index