Murder - A Tale of Modern American Life

"Exemplary in its interdisciplinarity, historical in the most careful, sophisticated sense, this book moves with grace and precision through often competing discourses."--Lynda Hart, author of "Fatal Women: Lesbian Sexuality and the Mark of Aggression"

Info autore

Sara L. Knox is Lecturer of Humanities at the University of Western Sydney.

Riassunto

Examines post-war America's preoccupation with this act of violence. Demonstrating how American culture both consumes and produces tales of murder, this title also examines numerous relevant narratives- news stories, psychiatric testimony, legal transcripts, fictional accounts, and examples from the thriving literary genre of true crime.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Knox, Sara L Knox, Sara L. Knox, Sara L. Knox
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.03.1998
• EAN: 9780822320661
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2066-1
• Pagine: 296
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Kulturwissenschaften, Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Autoren, Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft