'Graze Culture' and Serial Murder: Brushing Up Against 'Familiar Monsters' in the Wake of 9/11

Craig Kelly; Adam Lynes; Max Hart

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13

'Graze Culture' and Serial Murder: Brushing Up Against 'Familiar Monsters' in the Wake of 9/11

Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes, Max Hart

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

This chapter provides a fresh theoretical perspective on society's perpetual fascination with and consumption of serial murder fiction in cinema and television. Films and television series centred on serial killing have resulted in a multimillion-pound entertainment industry, suggesting an interest in the topic that far exceeds the reality of such offending. So, too, the topic has generated many academic articles and 'true crime' books that promise the reader a deep dive into the mind of individuals capable of extreme acts of violence and cruelty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Serial Killing on Screen
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	295-321
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Print)	9783031178115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 1 Dec 2022

Publication series

Name	Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture

Keywords

serial murder
violence
wound culture
media
public criminology

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13

Cite this

@inbook{cea505f856674f4c978ea8358abab90b,

title = "'Graze Culture' and Serial Murder: Brushing Up Against 'Familiar Monsters' in the Wake of 9/11",

abstract = "This chapter provides a fresh theoretical perspective on society's perpetual fascination with and consumption of serial murder fiction in cinema and television. Films and television series centred on serial killing have resulted in a multimillion-pound entertainment industry, suggesting an interest in the topic that far exceeds the reality of such offending. So, too, the topic has generated many academic articles and 'true crime' books that promise the reader a deep dive into the mind of individuals capable of extreme acts of violence and cruelty.",

keywords = "serial murder, violence, wound culture, media, public criminology",

author = "Craig Kelly and Adam Lynes and Max Hart",

year = "2022",

month = dec,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13",

language = "English",

isbn = "9783031178115",

series = "Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture",

publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",

pages = "295--321",

booktitle = "Serial Killing on Screen",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - 'Graze Culture' and Serial Murder

T2 - Brushing Up Against 'Familiar Monsters' in the Wake of 9/11

AU - Kelly, Craig

AU - Lynes, Adam

AU - Hart, Max

PY - 2022/12/1

Y1 - 2022/12/1

N2 - This chapter provides a fresh theoretical perspective on society's perpetual fascination with and consumption of serial murder fiction in cinema and television. Films and television series centred on serial killing have resulted in a multimillion-pound entertainment industry, suggesting an interest in the topic that far exceeds the reality of such offending. So, too, the topic has generated many academic articles and 'true crime' books that promise the reader a deep dive into the mind of individuals capable of extreme acts of violence and cruelty.

AB - This chapter provides a fresh theoretical perspective on society's perpetual fascination with and consumption of serial murder fiction in cinema and television. Films and television series centred on serial killing have resulted in a multimillion-pound entertainment industry, suggesting an interest in the topic that far exceeds the reality of such offending. So, too, the topic has generated many academic articles and 'true crime' books that promise the reader a deep dive into the mind of individuals capable of extreme acts of violence and cruelty.

KW - serial murder

KW - violence

KW - wound culture

KW - media

KW - public criminology

UR - https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/13998/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_13

M3 - Chapter

SN - 9783031178115

T3 - Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture

SP - 295

EP - 321

BT - Serial Killing on Screen

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - London

ER -

'Graze Culture' and Serial Murder: Brushing Up Against 'Familiar Monsters' in the Wake of 9/11

Abstract

Publication series

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this