Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Alexandra Warwick
Edited by Martin Willis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719074943
ClassificationsDewey:364.1523092
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 August 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Jack the Ripper: Media, culture, history collects together some of the best academic work on the most important and sensational murder case of the nineteenth century. Leading scholars in the fields of history, media and cultural studies debate the influence of the Whitechapel Murders on race, gender, the press, fiction, film and the city of London. This is the first collection of its kind to take the Whitechapel Murders seriously as a vital ingredient in the creation of modern Britain, and the first collection of essays from diverse fields of scholarship to offer academic analysis of the representations and influence of the Whitechapel Murders on both the nineteenth century and the contemporary world. The collection offers a range of readings of Jack the Ripper organised around the disciplinary topics of media, culture and history. Jack the Ripper: Media, Culture, History will be of interest to scholars of the Victorian period, particularly to those with interests in nineteenth century media, culture and history. -- .

Author Biography

Alexandra Warwick is Head of the Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Westminster. Martin Willis is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Glamorgan -- .