Natural born celebrities : serial killers in American culture /

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Jeffrey Dahmer. Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Over the past thirty years, serial killers have become iconic figures in America, the subject of made-for-TV movies and mass-market paperbacks alike. But why do we find such luridly transgressive and horrific individuals so fascinating? What compels us to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmid, David (David Frank)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Serial murderers > United States > Public opinion.
Crime in popular culture > United States.
Serial murders in mass media.
Fame.
Serial murderers in mass media.
Tueurs en série > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Criminalité dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Tueurs en série dans les médias.
Renommée.
Meurtres en série dans les médias.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Serial murderers in mass media
Crime in popular culture
Fame
Serial murders in mass media
Seriemoordenaars.
Populaire cultuur.
Massamedia.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Victorian killer as media star : Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes
  • Defining the enemy within : the FBI and serial murder
  • Natural born celebrities : serial killers and the Hollywood star system
  • Out of this world : aliens, devils, and serial killers in television crime drama
  • Next door monsters : the dialectic of normality and monstrosity in true-crime narratives
  • The unbearable straightness of violence : queering serial murder in true crime.

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