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Fatal Fascinations : Cultural Manifestations of Crime and Violence.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443864107
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fatal FascinationsDDC classification:
  • 364.9
LOC classification:
  • PN56.C7 -- F38 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A THEOLOGYOF ENGLISH DETECTIVE FICTION -- POLICING MADNESS, DIAGNOSING BADNESS:PERSONALITY DISORDER AND CRIMINALBEHAVIOUR IN SEBASTIAN FAULKS'SENGLEBY -- THE OTHERNESS WITHIN,THE OTHERNESS WITHOUT -- DANCING TO THE RHYTHMOF THE TRIPLE WHY-DUNNIT -- "SLAUGHTER WITHOUT THE BLOOD" -- EXPLORING THE PERTINENCE OF "VIOLENT"AS AN EPITHET FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES'SCRIME FICTION -- BLOODY SAM -- "WHAT IS CRIME, WHAT CONSTITUTESVIOLENCE...WHERE AND WHEN?" -- "IT'S ALL UNCLEAR" -- A SERIAL KILLER WITH A HEART -- A BRIEF MOMENT IN THE GREATPOSTCOLONIAL STORY -- DRAMATIZING THE VIOLENCE -- LITERARY BLACK HATS -- U.S. JUVENILE JUSTICEAND THE SUPER-PREDATOR THEORY -- VIOLENCE ON THE MENU -- A WORTHY VICTIM?HOW MEDIA STORIES ARE INFLUENCEDAND DISTORTED BY SOCIETY'SPERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Summary: What is crime? What constitutes violence? What is it permissible to talk about or describe in cultural depictions of crime and violence? What is the impact of portraying crime and violence on an audience? How are crime and violence presented to make them culturally acceptable for educational or entertainment purposes? This book examines representations of violence and crime both historically and in relation to contemporary culture across a wide range of media, including fiction, film, art,.
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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A THEOLOGYOF ENGLISH DETECTIVE FICTION -- POLICING MADNESS, DIAGNOSING BADNESS:PERSONALITY DISORDER AND CRIMINALBEHAVIOUR IN SEBASTIAN FAULKS'SENGLEBY -- THE OTHERNESS WITHIN,THE OTHERNESS WITHOUT -- DANCING TO THE RHYTHMOF THE TRIPLE WHY-DUNNIT -- "SLAUGHTER WITHOUT THE BLOOD" -- EXPLORING THE PERTINENCE OF "VIOLENT"AS AN EPITHET FOR JOYCE CAROL OATES'SCRIME FICTION -- BLOODY SAM -- "WHAT IS CRIME, WHAT CONSTITUTESVIOLENCE...WHERE AND WHEN?" -- "IT'S ALL UNCLEAR" -- A SERIAL KILLER WITH A HEART -- A BRIEF MOMENT IN THE GREATPOSTCOLONIAL STORY -- DRAMATIZING THE VIOLENCE -- LITERARY BLACK HATS -- U.S. JUVENILE JUSTICEAND THE SUPER-PREDATOR THEORY -- VIOLENCE ON THE MENU -- A WORTHY VICTIM?HOW MEDIA STORIES ARE INFLUENCEDAND DISTORTED BY SOCIETY'SPERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

What is crime? What constitutes violence? What is it permissible to talk about or describe in cultural depictions of crime and violence? What is the impact of portraying crime and violence on an audience? How are crime and violence presented to make them culturally acceptable for educational or entertainment purposes? This book examines representations of violence and crime both historically and in relation to contemporary culture across a wide range of media, including fiction, film, art,.

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