Vigilantes: Private Justice in Popular Cinema

by Kevin Grant

For many people, the cinematic vigilante has been shaped by Charles Bronson's character in Death Wish 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.

This book recounts the varied representations of such characters in films like The Birth of a Nation, which celebrated the violence of the Ku Klux Klan, and Taxi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476680051
• ISBN13: 9781476680057
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher