{"product_id":"fear-city-cinema-9781476680903","title":"Fear City Cinema","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book studies a grouping of films set in New York City between 1965 and 1995, reflecting a town besieged by rampant criminality, social distress and physical decay. Fear City is a term the NYPD used to label New York as a frightening environment, incapable of securing the safety of its residents. This book not only deals with the social problems evident in New York during this period, but also provides a study of how independent filmmakers were able to capture unsettling urban imagery, capitalizing on feelings of paranoia and dread. The author explores how the tone of these films reflects upon the anti-urbanism that led to the War on Crime, the mass exodus of working-class people from the city and mass incarceration of young Black men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments  vi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface  1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne. New York, New York: Ville de la peur  17\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo. Spaces of Fear  49\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree. Subways of Fear: Going for a Ride  76\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour. Sex, Drugs and Music  100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive. Street Gangs in Fear City  131\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix. Fear City as a Racist Trope  150\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven. Policing Fear City  172\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight. Serial Killers, Lunatics, and Rapists: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Home in Fear City  190\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion  202\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilmography  205\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences  209\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex  225\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040474071383,"sku":"9781476680903","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680903.jpg?v=1750946867","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fear-city-cinema-9781476680903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}