{"product_id":"vigilantes-private-justice-in-popular-cinema-9781476680057","title":"Vigilantes: Private Justice in Popular Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kevin Grant\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in \u003ci\u003eDeath Wish\u003c\/i\u003e and its sequels. But screen vigilantes have taken many guises, from Old West lynch mobs and rogue police officers to rape-avengers and military-trained equalizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFalling Down\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou Were Never Really Here\u003c\/i\u003e, in which the vigilante impulse was symptomatic of mental instability. Also considered is the extent to which fictional vigilantism functions as social commentary and to what degree it is simply stoking popular fears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46456134303895,"sku":"9781476680057","price":3722.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476680057.webp?v=1769177653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/vigilantes-private-justice-in-popular-cinema-9781476680057","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}