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9780719074943: Jack the Ripper: Media, culture, history
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ISBN 10: 0719074940 ISBN 13: 9780719074943
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2007

Sinopsis

Jack the Ripper: Media, culture, history re-assesses the most important and sensational murder case of the nineteenth century. Leading scholars in the fields of history, media and cultural studies debate the influence of ’Jack’ on race, gender, the press, fiction, film and the city of London.

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Martin Willis is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan

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Jack the Ripper: Media, culture, history collects together some of the best academic work on the most important and sensational murder case of the nineteenth century. Leading scholars in the fields of history, media and cultural studies debate the influence of the Whitechapel Murders on race, gender, the press, fiction, film and the city of London. This is the first collection of its kind to take the Whitechapel Murders seriously as a vital ingredient in the creation of modern Britain, and the first collection of essays from diverse fields of scholarship to offer academic analysis of the representations and influence of the Whitechapel Murders on both the nineteenth century and the contemporary world.

The collection offers a range of readings of Jack the Ripper organised around the disciplinary topics of media, culture and history.

Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History will be of interest to scholars of the Victorian period, particularly to those with interests in nineteenth century media, culture and history.

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Jack the Ripper: Media, culture, history collects together some of the best academic work on the most important and sensational murder case of the nineteenth century. Leading scholars in the fields of history, media and cultural studies debate the influence of the Whitechapel Murders on race, gender, the press, fiction, film and the city of London. This is the first collection of its kind to take the Whitechapel Murders seriously as a vital ingredient in the creation of modern Britain, and the first collection of essays from diverse fields of scholarship to offer academic analysis of the representations and influence of the Whitechapel Murders on both the nineteenth century and the contemporary world. The collection offers a range of readings of Jack the Ripper organised around the disciplinary topics of media, culture and history. Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History will be of interest to scholars of the Victorian period, particularly to those with interests in nineteenth century media, culture and history.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719074940
ISBN 13 
9780719074943
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
268
Editor
Warwick Alexandra, Willis Martin
Contacto del fabricante
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9780719074936: Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History

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ISBN 10:  0719074932 ISBN 13:  9780719074936
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2007
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