Inventing the Public Enemy (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. The subject of innumerable newspaper and magazine articles, novels and Hollywood movies, the gangster was a compelling figure for Americans preoccupied with crime and the social turmoil it symbolized. Ruth 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. We see efficient criminal executives demonstrating the multifarious uses of organization; dapper, big-spending gangsters highlighting the promises and perils of the emerging consumer society; and gunmen and molls guiding an uncertain public through the shifting terrain of modern gender roles. In this study, Ruth reveals how the public enemy provides a far-ranging critique of modern culture.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1996
First published:	April 1996
Authors:	David E. Ruth
Dimensions:	154 x 229 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-73218-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime > General
LSN:	0-226-73218-5
Barcode:	9780226732183

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