American gangster cinema
Subtitle: from Little Caesar to Pulp fiction
By: Fran Mason
Series: Crime files series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Gangster films -- United States -- History and criticism
Description: "Much analysis of gangster movies has been based on a view of the gangster as a malign figuration of the American Dream, originally set in the era of the Depression. This book extends previous analyses of the genre by examining the evolution of gangster movies from the 1930s to the contemporary period; and by placing them in the context of cultural and cinematic issues such as masculinity, consumerism and technology.

With a close examination of many films from Scarface and The Public Enemy to Miller's Crossing and Pulp Fiction, this book provides a fascinating insight into a topical and popular subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-175) and index