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Jack the Ripper Media, Culture, History
Edited by Aelxandra Warwick and Martin Willis
Manchester University Press 2007.
ISBN 9780719074936 (Hardback)
ISBN 9780719074943 (Paperback)
250 Pages
Illustrated B/W
The book is a collection of articles written under the sub heading's of the Media, Culture and History and all aim to answer the question,
Just why is the Ripper case so popular?
What follows is a short introduction and even shorter chronology before we get to the main areas of discussion.
Each section has between four and five dissertations and each dissertation is well referenced, and sourced, and looks at quite a few different aspects of the case and it's impact. Some chapters do tend to go over the same old myth's that have been proven to be nothing more than fallacies, but that said it's actually a good book.
It is always nice to read a book and not have a "Mr X" thrown at you as being the Ripper!
Each contributor has their own little biography explaining who they are and what makes them suitable for discussing the case and it's aspects in their given field, from East End Historian William Fishman to author and historian Clive Bloom.
The book also has some fine illustrations from the likes of Punch and Illustrated Police News.
The book comes with a short bibliography and is Indexed.
All in all a good read and worthy of investment.
Edited by Aelxandra Warwick and Martin Willis
Manchester University Press 2007.
ISBN 9780719074936 (Hardback)
ISBN 9780719074943 (Paperback)
250 Pages
Illustrated B/W
The book is a collection of articles written under the sub heading's of the Media, Culture and History and all aim to answer the question,
Just why is the Ripper case so popular?
What follows is a short introduction and even shorter chronology before we get to the main areas of discussion.
Each section has between four and five dissertations and each dissertation is well referenced, and sourced, and looks at quite a few different aspects of the case and it's impact. Some chapters do tend to go over the same old myth's that have been proven to be nothing more than fallacies, but that said it's actually a good book.
It is always nice to read a book and not have a "Mr X" thrown at you as being the Ripper!
Each contributor has their own little biography explaining who they are and what makes them suitable for discussing the case and it's aspects in their given field, from East End Historian William Fishman to author and historian Clive Bloom.
The book also has some fine illustrations from the likes of Punch and Illustrated Police News.
The book comes with a short bibliography and is Indexed.
All in all a good read and worthy of investment.
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