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TY - JOUR
T1 - The spectacle of fearsome acts: crime in the melting p(l)ot of Gangs of New York.
AU - O'Brien, Martin
AU - Tzanelli, Rodanthi
AU - Yar, Majid
AU - Penna, Sue E.
N1 - 25% contribution RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Social Work and Social Policy & Administration
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - This paper explores the multi-layered representations of violence and crime in the recent Hollywood film Gangs of New York [Scorcese (2003) Miramax]. We use our exploration of this film to suggest that popular culture, even through its most mainstream products, can be seen as a critical criminological space where alternative views of law, crime and the state are made available. Rather than understanding Hollywood movies simply as vehicles for disseminating conventional mores, we suggest that they can furnish ritical (and complex) points of view on law and crime and that the project of a critical criminology can be strengthened by engaging more forthrightly with these ubiquitous cultural forms.
AB - This paper explores the multi-layered representations of violence and crime in the recent Hollywood film Gangs of New York [Scorcese (2003) Miramax]. We use our exploration of this film to suggest that popular culture, even through its most mainstream products, can be seen as a critical criminological space where alternative views of law, crime and the state are made available. Rather than understanding Hollywood movies simply as vehicles for disseminating conventional mores, we suggest that they can furnish ritical (and complex) points of view on law and crime and that the project of a critical criminology can be strengthened by engaging more forthrightly with these ubiquitous cultural forms.
U2 - 10.1007/s10612-004-6111-9
DO - 10.1007/s10612-004-6111-9
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 17
EP - 35
JO - Critical Criminology
JF - Critical Criminology
SN - 1205-8629
IS - 1
ER -