| Beggars and Thieves: Lives of Urban Street Criminals Contributor(s): Fleisher, Mark S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299147746 ISBN-13: 9780299147747 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: Mark S. Fleisher has spent years among inmates in jails and prisons and on the streets with thieves, gang members, addicts, and life-long criminals in Seattle and other cities across the country. In Beggars and Thieves, he writes about how and why they become and remain offenders, and about the actual role of jails and prisons in efforts to deter crime and rehabilitate criminals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 364.309 |
| LCCN: 95-18431 |
| Series: Writing: History, Poetics, Cultural Crit |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.04" W x 9.15" (1.06 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The years 1907-1913 mark a crucial transitional moment in American cinema. As moving picture shows changed from mere novelty to an increasingly popular entertainment, fledgling studios responded with longer running times and more complex storytelling. A growing trade press and changing production procedures also influenced filmmaking. In Early American Cinema in Transition, Charlie Keil looks at a broad cross-section of fiction films to examine the formal changes in cinema of this period and the ways that filmmakers developed narrative techniques to suit the fifteen-minute, one-reel format. Keil outlines the kinds of narratives that proved most suitable for a single reel's duration, the particular demands that time and space exerted on this early form of film narration, and the ways filmmakers employed the unique features of a primarily visual medium to craft stories that would appeal to an audience numbering in the millions. He underscores his analysis with a detailed look at six films: The Boy Detective; The Forgotten Watch; Rose O'Salem-Town; Cupid's Monkey Wrench; Belle Boyd, A Confederate Spy; and Suspense. |