Schmid, David

Natural born celebrities serial killers in American culture / [electronic resource] : David Schmid. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Serial murderers--Public opinion.--United States
Crime in popular culture--United States.
Serial murders in mass media.
Fame.


Electronic books.

HV6529 / .S32 2005

364.152/3/0973