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Schmid, David

Natural born celebrities serial killers in American culture / [electronic resource] : David Schmid. - University of Chicago Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 327 p.)

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.

ISBN: 9780226738703 (electronic bk.) 0226738701 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Serial murderers--Public opinion.--United States
Crime in popular culture--United States.
Serial murders in mass media.
Fame.
Tueurs en série--Opinion publique.--États-Unis
Criminalité dans la culture populaire--États-Unis.
Tueurs en série dans les médias.
Renommée.
TRUE CRIME--Murder--General.
Seriemoordenaars.
Populaire cultuur.
Massamedia.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Verenigde Staten.

Subjects--Index Terms: კრიმინალისტიკა აშშ სერიული მკვლელები ჟურნალისტიკა

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6529 / .S32 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 364.152/3/0973

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 343.9:070