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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459030903321

Autore

Gregoriou Christiana <1978-, >

Titolo

Language, ideology and identity in serial killer narratives / / Christiana Gregoriou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-83784-1

1-283-04111-1

9786613041111

0-203-83265-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in rhetoric and stylistics ; ; 2

Disciplina

820.9/3556

Soggetti

Serial murderers - Press coverage - United States

Serial murderers - Press coverage - Great Britain

Serial murderers in literature

Murder victims in literature

Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism

Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism

English language - Style

Discourse analysis, Literary

Rhetoric and psychology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Crime scenes -- Killer headlines -- True crime! -- Buying crime -- The verdict.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range of contemporary crime narratives, including detective fiction, the true crime genre and media journalism. How exactly is the serial killer consciousness portrayed, how is the killing linguistically justified, and how distinguishing is the language revolving around criminal ideology and identity across these narrative genres? By employing linguistic and content-related methods of analysis, her study aims to work toward the development of a



stylistic framework on the rep