Of Men and Monsters by Richard Tithecott
A text which explores the serial killer as an American cultural icon. Tithecott considers the ways in which the American media has dealt with examples of real and fictional serial killers, and argues that the serial killer we construct for ourselves is a figure both repulsive and attractive who fulfils dreams of masculinity, purity, and violence.
In this post-modern reading, Jeffrey Dahmer is not a page in the history of true crime but a Monster who serves many rhetorical and cultural functions" —Philip Jenkins, Penn State University, author of Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide
"Brilliantly compelling. Tithecott challenges us to investigate our simultaneous distancing from and fascination with serial murder."—Maria Tatar, Harvard University, author of Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
"Tithecott takes aim at the unsettling disparity of attention between murderer and murdered."—Chris Bull, Washington Post
"Brilliantly compelling. Tithecott challenges us to investigate our simultaneous distancing from and fascination with serial murder."—Maria Tatar, Harvard University, author of Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
"Tithecott takes aim at the unsettling disparity of attention between murderer and murdered."—Chris Bull, Washington Post
Richard Tithecott is an administrative director at the University of Southern California. He is coeditor of the Signet Classic edition of My Secret Life: An Erotic Diary of Victorian London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780299156848 |
| ISBN 10 | 0299156842 |
| Title | Of Men and Monsters |
| Author | Richard Tithecott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Year published | 1998-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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