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Natural born celebrities : serial killers in American culture

Title
Natural born celebrities : serial killers in American culture / David Schmid.
Author
Schmid, David (David Frank)
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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viii, 327 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Serial murderers > United States > Public opinion
  • Crime in popular culture > United States
  • Serial murders in mass media
  • Fame
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-310) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 05-8180
ISBN
  • 0226738671 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226354601 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004026467
OCLC
56967148
Author
Schmid, David (David Frank)
Title
Natural born celebrities : serial killers in American culture / David Schmid.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-310) and index.
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JFE 05-8180
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