Inventing the Public Enemy : The Gangster in American Culture, 1918-1934
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226732185
ISBN-13
9780226732183
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 15th, 1996
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Cultural studiesMedia studiesOrganized crime
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In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell.
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