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.

"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)

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Historical and Cultural Context.- Chapter 2. Psychoanalytical Approach.- Chapter 3. Feminist Film Theory.- Chapter 4 Jack the Ripper.- Chapter 5. The Detective.- Chapter 6. The Victims.- Chapter 7. Whitechapel.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Filmography.

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.

"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)

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Historical and Cultural Context.- Chapter 2. Psychoanalytical Approach.- Chapter 3. Feminist Film Theory.- Chapter 4 Jack the Ripper.- Chapter 5. The Detective.- Chapter 6. The Victims.- Chapter 7. Whitechapel.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Filmography.

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.

"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)

• Introduction.- Chapter 1. Historical and Cultural Context.- Chapter 2. Psychoanalytical Approach.- Chapter 3. Feminist Film Theory.- Chapter 4 Jack the Ripper.- Chapter 5. The Detective.- Chapter 6. The Victims.- Chapter 7. Whitechapel.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Filmography.