LEADER 04167nam 22006255 450 001 9910484377403321 005 20251117023440.0 010 $a9783030395858 010 $a3030395855 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-39585-8 035 $a(CKB)5300000000003434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6132453 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-39585-8 035 $a(Perlego)3480411 035 $a(EXLCZ)995300000000003434 100 $a20200307d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCriminals as Heroes in Popular Culture /$fedited by Roxie J. James, Kathryn E. Lane 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave pivot 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a9783030395841 311 0 $a3030395847 327 $a1. "I Need a Hero:" Representation & Reinvention of the Criminal Hero in Mass Media - Roxie J. James and Kathryn E. Lane -- 2. Women, Crime, and Piracy in the Early Modern English Popular Imagination - Lisa M. Lillie -- 3. Criminality in Perspective and Politics of Legitimization: A Study in Paradox - Sanchari Bhattacharyya -- 4. "Said Some Things I Definitely (Don't) Regret:" Rhetorical Silence of American Vandal's Criminal Heroine - Renee Ann Drouin -- 5. Exiles of Empire: Criminals as Heroes at the End of History in Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly - Aleksander Sedzielarz -- 6. Stand and Deliver: The Cinematic Representation of the Gentleman Highwayman in Plunkett & Macleane (1999) - Kwasu D. Tembo -- 7. "Something Feels Weird": Managing the Identity of "Ex-Con" in American Gods - Rebecca Frost -- 8. Victims, Heroes, and Villains: Imaginary Beings In ContemporaryTelevision Serials - E. Deidre Pribram -- 9. "Blurred Lines:" Reflections of The Criminal Hero Figure. - Roxie J. James and Kathryn E. Lane. . 330 $aThis book delves into humanity's compulsive need to valorize criminals. The criminal hero is a seductive figure, and audiences get a rather scopophilic pleasure in watching people behave badly. This book offers an analysis of the varied and vexing definitions of hero, criminal, and criminal heroes both historically and culturally. This book also examines the global presence, gendered complications, and gentle juxtapositions in criminal hero figures and narratives such as: Robin Hood, Breaking Bad, American Gods, American Vandal, Plunkett and Macleane, Martha Stewart, Mary Read, Anne Bonny, and Let The Bullets Fly. Roxie J. James, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of English at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. She specializes in Romantic and Victorian literature, and her research interests include British women's writing and depictions of dirt in Victorian literature and culture. Kathryn E. Lane, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of English and Department Chairperson at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. Her research interests include Victorian literature and culture, popular culture, and feminist theory. She is the editor of the 2018 book collection Age of the Geek: Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media. 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aCulture 606 $aMass media and crime 606 $aGlobal Film and TV 606 $aGlobal and International Culture 606 $aCrime and the Media 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aMass media and crime. 615 14$aGlobal Film and TV. 615 24$aGlobal and International Culture. 615 24$aCrime and the Media. 676 $a364.30973 676 $a791.43652 702 $aJames$b Roxie J.$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 702 $aLane$b Kathryn E.$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484377403321 996 $aCriminals as heroes in popular culture$92556586 997 $aUNINA