Natural born celebrities : serial killers in American culture / David Schmid.

Author: Schmid, David (David Frank)

Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.

Descriptionviii, 327 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-310) and index.

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