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Fatal fascinations : cultural manifestations of crime and violence /

What is crime? What constitutes violence? What is it permissible to talk about or describe in cultural depictions of crime and violence? What is the impact of portraying crime and violence on an audience? How are crime and violence presented to make them culturally acceptable for educational or ente...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bray, S. (Suzanne) (Editor), Préher, Gérald (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents; introduction; first steps towards a theologyof english detective fiction; policing madness, diagnosing badness:personality disorder and criminalbehaviour in sebastian faulks'sengleby; the otherness within, the otherness without; dancing to the rhythmof the triple why-dunnit; "slaughter without the blood"; exploring the pertinence of "violent"as an epithet for joyce carol oates'scrime fiction; bloody sam; "what is crime, what constitutesviolence ... where and when?"; "it's all unclear"; a serial killer with a heart; a brief moment in the greatpostcolonial story.
  • Dramatizing the violenceliterary black hats; u.s. juvenile justiceand the super-predator theory; violence on the menu; a worthy victim?how media stories are influencedand distorted by society'sperceptions of beauty; notes on contributors; index.