Monsters in and Among Us : Toward a Gothic Criminology,9780838641590

Monsters in and Among Us : Toward a Gothic Criminology

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780838641590
ISBN10: 0838641598
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-10-30
Publisher(s): Associated Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. 7
Introduction: Toward a Gothic Criminologyp. 11
Bodies under Scandal: Civic Gothic as Genrep. 44
"My, That's a Big One": Masculinity and Monstrosity in Dirty Harryp. 65
Mother and Monster: The Rhetorical Structure of The Man Who Knew Too Muchp. 91
The Substance Abuse Film and the Gothic: Typology, Narrative, and Hallucinationp. 117
Making a Killing in the Marketplace: Incorporation as a Monstrous Processp. 142
The Big City Rogue Cop as Monster: Images of NYPD and LAPDp. 164
Gothic Criminology and Criminal Justice Policyp. 199
The Compulsions of Real/Reel Serial Killers and Vampires: Toward a Gothic Criminologyp. 227
Profiling the Terrorist as a Mass Murdererp. 256
Notes on Contributorsp. 289
Indexp. 292
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