Fatal fascinations : cultural manifestations of crime and violence /: cultural manifestations of crime and violence. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Suzanne Bray and Gérald Préher.
• Other Names: Bray, S (Suzanne); Préher, Gérald
• Contents: 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 violenceliterary 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.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 215 pages)
• Subjects: 364.9; Violence in society; Crime in literature; Violence in literature; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Crime in literature; Violence in literature; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Films, cinema; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443864107; 1443864102
• Related ISBNs: 1443851345; 9781443851343
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.