Schmid, David <br/><br/>
Natural born celebrities :  serial killers in American culture / 
David Schmid. 
 - Chicago, Ill. :  Bristol :  University of Chicago Press ;  University Presses Marketing [distributor],  2006. 
 - viii, 327 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: 2005. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Idols of destructions : celebrity, consumerism, and the serial killers -- pt. 1. A history of serial murder -- 1. The Victorian killer as media star : Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes -- 2. Defining the enemy within : the FBI and serial murder -- pt. 2. Serial murder in American popular culture -- 3. Natural born celebrities : serial killers and the Hollywood star system -- 4. Out of this world : aliens, devils, and serial killers in television crime drama -- 5. Next door monsters : the dialectic of normality and monstrosity in true-crime narratives -- 6. The unbearable straightness of violence : queering serial murder in true crime -- Epilogue. SErial killing in America after 9/11. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226738698 (pbk.) 9780226738697 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA673952  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013541126  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Serial murderers--Public opinion.--United States<br/>Crime in popular culture--United States.<br/>Serial murders in mass media.<br/>Fame.<br/>Public opinion--United States.