ISBN:
9781628928211
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9781441177025
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 256 Seiten)
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Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.23/4
Keywords:
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
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Serial murderers in mass media
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Serial murderers in popular culture
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Serial murderers in mass media
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Serial murderers in popular culture
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Literatur
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Massenmedien
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Serienmörder
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Massenkultur
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USA
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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USA
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Literatur
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Massenkultur
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Massenmedien
;
Serienmörder
Abstract:
"The 'serial killer' has become increasingly prevalent in popular culture since the term was coined by Robert Ressler at the FBI in the mid-1970s. Murders and Acqusitions explores the social and political implications of this cultural figure. The collection argues that the often blood-chilling representations of the serial killer and serial killing offered in TV series, films, novels and fan productions function to address contemporary concerns and preoccupations. Focusing on well-known popular culture texts, such as The Wire, Kiss the Girls, Monster, the Saw series, American Psycho, The Strangers, CSI and Dexter, this electic anthology engages with a broad spectrum of cultural theory and performs critical textual analysis to examine the sophisticated ways the serial killer is deployed to mediate and/or work through cultural anxieties and fears"-- Provided by publisher.
DOI:
10.5040/9781628928211
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781628928211?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections
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