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Of men and monsters : Jeffrey Dahmer and the construction of the serial killer /
"Examines the serial killer as an American cultural icon, one that both attracts and repels. Richard Tithecott suggests that the stories we tell and the images we conjure of serial killers--real and fictional--reveal as much about mainstream culture and its values, desires, and anxieties as the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Examines the serial killer as an American cultural icon, one that both attracts and repels. Richard Tithecott suggests that the stories we tell and the images we conjure of serial killers--real and fictional--reveal as much about mainstream culture and its values, desires, and anxieties as they do about the killers themselves"--Page 4 of cover |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 192 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585147647 9780585147642 9780299156831 0299156834 |