True lies: Changing images of crime in British postwar cinema

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-75

  Allen, Jessica ^b   Livingstone, Sonia ^b   Reiner, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Content analysis; Crime; Film; Historical comparison; Media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032016768     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323198013001003     Document Type: Article

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