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Jack the Ripper in Film and Culture
Top Hat, Gladstone Bag and Fog
by Clare Smith
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Book Presentation:
In 1888 the name Jack the Ripper entered public consciousness with the brutal murders of women in the East End of London. The murderer was never caught, yet film and television depicts a killer with a recognisable costume, motive and persona. This book examines the origins of the screen presentation of the four key elements associated with the murders – Jack the Ripper, the victims, the detective and Whitechapel. Nineteenth-century history, art and literature, psychoanalytical theories of Freud and Jung and feminist film theory are all used to deconstruct the representation of Jack the Ripper on screen.
About the Author:
Clare Smith is the Collection Manager for the Art Collection at Amgueddfa Cymru –National Museum Wales, UK. She has an academic background in history of art and a PhD in Film Studies. Her research interests include the depiction of murder in art, film and television, and the depiction of women in nineteenth-century British art.
Press Reviews:
"It is an academic examination of the films about Jack the Ripper. … it’s quite a good book and in places it’s though-provoking. … it’s an interesting look at elements of Jack movies that you probably won’t have noticed." (Ripperologist, Issue 6, June, 2016)
See the publisher website: Palgrave MacMillan
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