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Description:Killing as punishment in the USA, whether ordained by lynch mob or the courts, reflects a paradox of the American liberal, pluralistic, yet prone to lethal violence. This book examines the encounter between the legal history of the death penalty in America and its cinematic representations, through a comprehensive narrative and historical view of films dealing with this genre, from the silent era to the present. It addresses central issues of, for example, racial prejudice and attitudes towards the execution of women, and discusses how cinema has chosen to deal with them. It explores how such films as Michael Curtiz's 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, Errol Morris' documentary The Thin Blue Line, John Singleton's Rosewood and Frank Darabont's death-row movie The Green Mile, have helped to shape real historical developments and public perceptions by bringing into sharper relief the legal, social, and cultural tensions associated with capital punishment. In the process, it illuminates the complexities of the death penalty through US history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Death Penalty in American Cinema: Criminality and Retribution in Hollywood Film (Cinema and Society). To get started finding The Death Penalty in American Cinema: Criminality and Retribution in Hollywood Film (Cinema and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Killing as punishment in the USA, whether ordained by lynch mob or the courts, reflects a paradox of the American liberal, pluralistic, yet prone to lethal violence. This book examines the encounter between the legal history of the death penalty in America and its cinematic representations, through a comprehensive narrative and historical view of films dealing with this genre, from the silent era to the present. It addresses central issues of, for example, racial prejudice and attitudes towards the execution of women, and discusses how cinema has chosen to deal with them. It explores how such films as Michael Curtiz's 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, Errol Morris' documentary The Thin Blue Line, John Singleton's Rosewood and Frank Darabont's death-row movie The Green Mile, have helped to shape real historical developments and public perceptions by bringing into sharper relief the legal, social, and cultural tensions associated with capital punishment. In the process, it illuminates the complexities of the death penalty through US history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Death Penalty in American Cinema: Criminality and Retribution in Hollywood Film (Cinema and Society). To get started finding The Death Penalty in American Cinema: Criminality and Retribution in Hollywood Film (Cinema and Society), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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