Monsters in and among us : toward a Gothic criminology / edited by Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart and Cecil Greek.

Other author Picart, Caroline Joan, 1966-
Other author Greek, Cecil E.
Format Book
Publication InfoMadison [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, ©2007.
Description304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Police films--United States. --History and criticism.
Gothic revival (Literature)

Contents Introduction: toward a Gothic criminology / Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart and Cecil Greek -- Bodies under scandal : civic Gothic as genre / Edward J. Ingebretsen -- "My, that's a big one" : masculinity and monstrosity in Dirty Harry / Davis W. Houck -- Mother and monster : the rhetorical structure of The man who knew too much / Thomas Benson -- The substance abuse film and the Gothic : typology, narrative, and hallucination / Jason Grant McKahan -- Making a killing in the marketplace : incorporation as a monstrous process / Pat Gill -- The big city rogue cop as monster : images of NYPD and LAPD / Cecil Greek -- Gothic criminology and criminal justice policy / Raymond Surette -- The compulsion of real/reel serial killers and vampires : toward a Gothic criminology / Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart and Cecil Greek -- Profiling the terrorist as a mass murderer / Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart and Cecil Greek.
Local noteJoyner Schlobin Coll. copy. See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source Joyner Schlobin copy Gift of Roger Schlobin 2008.
LCCN 2007005479
ISBN9780838641590 (alk. paper)
ISBN0838641598 (alk. paper)

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