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Serial Killers:

Death and Life in America's Wound Culture
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Routledge, Jan 1, 1998 - Social Science - 302 pages
In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The Alienist, to the latest terrible report of mass murder, we are surrounded by the accident from which we cannot avert our eyes. Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the mass, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy. What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.

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Review: Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture

User Review  - Jennifer - Goodreads

Ehhhh, I don't know. I don't really buy this theory of wound culture, at least the wound part. Seltzer has a very basic understanding of what physically comprises a wound and as a result I sometimes feel like he's making claims without backing them up. Read full review

Review: Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture

User Review  - Eric - Goodreads

A brilliant and bracing read about the culture that produces serial killers, Seltzer's book offers in fact so much more than its title might suggest. His concept of "stranger-intimacy" and the manner ... Read full review

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UCLA Today: Studying America's 'wound culture'
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JSTOR: Murder: The State of the Art
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About the author (1998)

Mark Seltzer is Professor of English at Cornell University.

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TitleSerial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture
AuthorMark Seltzer
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 1998
ISBN0415914817, 9780415914819
Length302 pages
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Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Popular Culture
  
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