Kill-n-tell (& all that jazz): The seductions of crime in Chicago

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-261

  O'Brien, Martin ^a   Majid, Y A R ^b   Tzanelli, Rodanthi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicago; Cinema; Crime; Culture; Seductions

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149286804     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659005057639     Document Type: Article

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