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The "Dexter Syndrome" - The Serial Killer in Popular Culture (Hardcover, New edition)
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The "Dexter Syndrome" - The Serial Killer in Popular Culture (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Criminal Humanities & Forensic Semiotics, 1
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The serial killer has become an obsession ever since Jack the
Ripper became a media sensation, embedding a new and horrifying
type of murderer into our cultural consciousness - one who kills
darkly and in the dark. All popular media - print, radio,
television, and so on - have become absorbed by this new figure.
This book traces its diffusion through all media and discusses what
this reveals about modern society. Using the Dexter saga of novels
and television programs as its basis, the book argues that a
"Dexter Syndrome" has emerged whereby we no longer see a difference
between real and fictional serial killers. The psychological and
social reasons for this are explored by tracing pop culture texts
themselves (movies, novels, etc.). Above all else, Dexter's concept
of a "moral code" forms a thematic thread that allows the author to
argue that our contemporary moral nihilism has produced the demand
for horror and horrific characters like serial killers, who have
replaced medieval demons and monsters.
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