Inventing the public enemy: the gangster in american culture, 1918-1934
Auteur :
Ruth, David E.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226732183
Date de publication :
15 avr. 1996
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,1 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.