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Kottler, Jeffrey A.
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Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Violence in mass media.
Popular culture.
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Kottler, Jeffrey A.
Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Violence in mass media.
Popular culture.
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The lust for blood : why we are fascinated by death, murder, horror, and violence / Jeffrey A. Kottler.
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Kottler, Jeffrey A.
Prometheus Books, 2011.
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303
.6
K87L
Subjects
Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Violence in mass media.
Popular culture.
ISBN:
9781616142285 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1616142286 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description:
311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-290) and index.
Contents:
Paradoxes of violence -- From Roman to contemporary gladiators -- True crime -- Sports fans -- Zombies, vampires, and monsters -- Serial killer groupies: attraction to predators -- Moving violations and other eyewitness curiosities -- Occupations of violence -- The meaning of mayhem -- What's normal and what's abnormal? -- Exploring the forbidden -- What the future holds.
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Draws on interviews with perpetrators, victims, and "consumers" of violence, including several celebrities, to explore the public's morbid fascination with violence, murder, horror, and crime.
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