Screening Justice
Steven Kohm, Sonia Bookman, Pauline Greenhill
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Publisher:
Fernwood Publishing
Fernwood Publishing
DRM:
ACS4
ACS4
Publication Year:
2016
2016
ISBN-13:
9781552668641
Description:
<p>What do Canadian films say about crime and justice in Canada? What purpose to Canadian crime films serve politically and culturally?</p>
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<em>Screening Justice</em> is a scholarly exploration of films that focus on crime and justice in Canada. Crime films are pivotal for understanding and shaping Canadian sensibilities by setting out widely available templates for thinking about crime and justice in Canadian society. </p>
<p>Spanning disciplines and examining films from across Canada, <em>Screening Justice</em> is the first comprehensive Canadian volume on crime films that takes up cultural criminology’s call for more critical scholarly analyses of the interplay between crime, culture and society. </p>
<p>
<em>Screening Justice</em> is a scholarly exploration of films that focus on crime and justice in Canada. Crime films are pivotal for understanding and shaping Canadian sensibilities by setting out widely available templates for thinking about crime and justice in Canadian society. </p>
<p>Spanning disciplines and examining films from across Canada, <em>Screening Justice</em> is the first comprehensive Canadian volume on crime films that takes up cultural criminology’s call for more critical scholarly analyses of the interplay between crime, culture and society. </p>