Serial killing on screen: adaptation, true crime and popular culture

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This book explores the representation of real-life serial murders as adapted for the screen and popular culture. Bringing together a selection of essays from international scholars, Serial Killing on Screen: Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture examines the ways in which the screen has become...

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Contributors: Fanning, Sarah E. (Editor) ; O'Callaghan, Claire (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan [2023]
In:Year: 2023
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Mass media and crime.
Critical criminology.
Criminal behavior.
Motion pictures.
Television broadcasting.
Adaptation (Literary, artistic, etc.).
Sex.
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Serienmörder > Kriminalfall > Fernsehen > Film
eBook-Springer-Law-and-Criminology-2023
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This book explores the representation of real-life serial murders as adapted for the screen and popular culture. Bringing together a selection of essays from international scholars, Serial Killing on Screen: Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture examines the ways in which the screen has become a crucial site through which the most troubling of real-life crimes are represented, (re)constructed and made accessible to the public. Situated at the nexus of film and screen studies, theatre studies, cultural studies, criminology and sociology, this interdisciplinary collection raises questions about, and implications for, thinking about the adaptation and representation of true crime in popular culture, and the ideologies at stake in such narratives. It discusses the ways in which the adaptation of real-life serial murder intersects with other markers of cultural identity (gender, race, class, disability), as well as aspects of criminology (offenders, victims, policing, and profiling) and psychology (psychopathy, sociopathy, and paraphilia). This collection is unique in its combined focus on the adaptation of crimes committed by real-life criminal figures who have gained international notoriety for their plural offences, including, for example, Ted Bundy, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Aileen Wuornos, Jack the Ripper, and the Zodiac, and for situating the tales of these crimes and their victims’ stories within the field of adaptation studies.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 382 Seiten), Illustrationen
ISBN:978-3-031-17812-2
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2