Natural born celebrities [electronic resource] : serial killers in American culture / David Schmid.
By: Schmid, David (David Frank).
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005Description: viii, 327 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Serial murderers -- United States -- Public opinion | Crime in popular culture -- United States | Serial murders in mass media | FameGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.152/3/0973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-310) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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