Of men and monsters : Jeffrey Dahmer and the construction of the serial killer / / Richard Tithecott ; foreword by James R. Kincaid
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Tithecott Richard
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| Titolo: |
Of men and monsters : Jeffrey Dahmer and the construction of the serial killer / / Richard Tithecott ; foreword by James R. Kincaid
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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1997 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 364.15/23/092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Serial murderers |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Policing the Serial Killer -- 1. Defining the Monster: Serial Killing and the FBI -- 2. Investigating the Serial Killer: The Seeking of Origins -- The Serial Killer and the Idea of the Individual -- Are You Raising a Jeffrey Dahmer? -- 3. Investigating the Serial Killer: Silencing the Unspeakable -- 4. Jeffrey Dahmer: Gay, White Cannibal -- Part II. Dreaming the Serial Killer -- 5. The Horror in the Mirror: Average Joe and the Mechanical Monster -- 6. Confessing the Unspeakable -- 7. Supercops and Superkillers -- 8. The Monstrous Self Dreaming Up Reality -- 9. Sanity, Satan, and Sanitized Evil -- 10. Fantasies of Power -- The Serial Killer and the Powers of Intelligence -- The Serial Killer as Warrior Knight -- A Man's Man: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Dream of Masculinity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Of men and monsters |
| ISBN: | 1-282-42401-7 |
| 9786612424014 | |
| 0-299-15683-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815056003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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