The Gangster Film: Fatal Success in American Cinema

Ron Wilson

Published by Columbia University Press 2014

The Gangster Film

Fatal Success in American Cinema

Ron Wilson

In the series Short Cuts

https://doi.org/10.7312/wils17207

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About this book

Examines the gangster film in its historical context with an emphasis on the ways the image of the gangster has adapted and changed

Author / Editor information

Ron Wilson is a Lecturer in the Film and Media Studies Department at the University of Kansas. He teaches courses in American popular culture, classical and contemporary film/media theory, and graduate writing.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 A Silent Era: From Gangs to Gangsters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 The Racketeer and the Outlaw: Gangster Archetypes of the 1930s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3 Murder, Incorporated: Post-war Developments in the Gangster Film Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4 La Famiglia: Coppola, Scorsese, and Gangster Ethnicity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 144

eBook

Published: December 16, 2014
ISBN: 9780231850674