Lethal Repetition: Serial Killing in European Cinema
Serial killing is an extremely rare phenomenon in reality that is none-theless remarkably widespread in the cultural imagination. Moreover, despite its rarity, it is also taken to be an expression of characteristic aspects of humanity, masculinity, or our times.Richard Dyer investigates this paradox, focusing on the notion at its heart: seriality. He considers the aesthetics of the repetition of nastiness and how this relates to the perceptions and anxieties that images of serial killing highlight in the societies that produce them.Shifting the focus away from the US, which is often seen as the home of the serial killer, Lethal Repetition ins…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84457-393-6
- EAN: 9781844573936
- Produktnummer: 18508516
- Verlag: British Film Inst
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 454 g
- Auflage: 2015
- Gewicht: 454
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Richard Dyer
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